Contents
- CHAPTERNEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF Agriculture
- CHAPTERThis month's cover
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
- TABLE_OF_CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS
- CHAPTERVALUE OF AGRICULTURAL SHOWS
- CHAPTERPurchase of Fertilisers and Non – registerable Mixtures
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo.
- CHAPTERLittle Growth can be Expected in Home Gardens in May
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. Ground left vacant after harvesting of a crop can be dug and sown with a gre...
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn Ltd. photo. Broad beans can be sown in most districts now. They are very hardy and should help to pro...
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn Ltd. photo. Further growth from yams is now unlikely, as they are frost-tender perennials and finish ...
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn Ltd. photo. Salsify, sometimes known as vegetable oyster, should now be ready for harvesting in home ...
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn Ltd. photo. A looper caterpillar. In gardens where it has been troublesome all old plants that are th...
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn Ltd. photo. Harvestmen are common in many home gardens in late summer and autumn. Their diet is varie...
- ILLUSTRATIONA slow-burning garden bonfire built as shown above should burn for about a week without giving off offensive smoke. T...
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- CHAPTEROutstanding Achievement in Swine Husbandry
- CHAPTERRapid Spread of Water Hyacinth in Rangitaiki Canals
- ILLUSTRATIONHEADING PHOTOGRAPH: Water hyacinth in flower. Naden Matthews photo.
- ILLUSTRATION[Photographs at centre and lower left by Naden Matthews.
- ILLUSTRATIONPart of the old bed of the Orini River completely covered by water hyacinth in October when the weather is still very...
- ILLUSTRATION[Photograph at lower right by Naden Matthews.
- ILLUSTRATIONWater hyacinth spreads rapidly, so much so that unless it is destroyed the clear water shown here is likely to be cov...
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- CHAPTERWINTER PASTURE MANAGEMENT ON DAIRY FARMS
- CHAPTERThe Principles of Poultry Breeding
- CHAPTERGROWING STRAWBERRIES IN THE HOME GARDEN
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. A mulch of straw being put round strawberry plants.
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. A healthy young plant just set out in the garden.
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. Left—A plant with untrimmed roots. Right-A plant with roots trimmed ready fo...
- ILLUSTRATION[N. W. Deverell photo. Barrel method of strawberry culture, suitable for glasshouse or home garden where space is lim...
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. Hoeing between the plants before mulching.
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. Part of a bed which has been mulched.
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. Part of a strawberry bed in a small home garden. Note the two virus-infected...
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- CHAPTERFruit Crop Estimates for March, 1949
- CHAPTERWinter Feeding of Dairy Cows
- ILLUSTRATIONHEADING PHOTOGRAPH: To maintain the cows’ body weights throughout the year, enough roughage and supplementary foods, ...
- ILLUSTRATIONMilk fever, of which, this comatose cow is a typical case, can be caused by milk production being forced too rapidly.
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. Covers are a valuable aid to the maintenance of the condition of stock in co...
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- CHAPTERDAIRY PRODUCE GRADED FOR EXPORT
- CHAPTERControl of Opossums an Urgent Problem
- ILLUSTRATIONHeading photograph by Public Works Department.
- ILLUSTRATION[Photographs: Bottom left, Ministry of Works: all others, Department of Internal Affairs.
- ILLUSTRATION[Ministry of Works photo. Part of the block in the Orongorongo Valley in which the Wild Life Branch carried out inves...
- ILLUSTRATION[Public Works Department photo. Claw marks and bark biting on a mahoe tree.
- ILLUSTRATION[Department of Internal Affairs photo. Konini, a preferred food tree, is frequently stripped of leaves.
- CHAPTERVarietal Characteristics of Pip Fruits
- ILLUSTRATION[Ministry of Works photo.
- ILLUSTRATION[National Publicity Studios photo.
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- CHAPTERManagement of Poaching Soils
- ILLUSTRATIONPart of a poached field showing water lying in hoof marks where neither wind nor sun can get at it to dry out the soil.
- ILLUSTRATIONA general view taken in early spring on a farm where rolling is done regularly.
- ILLUSTRATIONUpper-Grading in channels on flat land. The earth is graded back to the mid-line of lands to provide a watershed. Mid...
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft—A pasture just after rolling to eliminate the marks of poaching. Right—The same pasture three weeks later. Note ...
- ILLUSTRATIONA tractor fitted with wheel extensions to give it greater bearing surface on soft ground.
- CHAPTERTHE DESIGNING AND LAYOUT OF A SMALL HOME GARDEN
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- ILLUSTRATIONABOVE-THE RIGHT WAY OF PLANTING FOR EFFECT
- ILLUSTRATIONBELOW—THE WRONG WAY OF GROUP PLANTING
- ILLUSTRATIONPhotographs: Top left and middle right Photo News Ltd.; bottom left and top and bottom right Douglas Elliott.
- ILLUSTRATIONTHE RIGHT METHOD (ABOVE) AND THE WRONG METHOD (BELOW) OF GROUP PLANTING ON A SLOPING SECTION
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. The lawn is an essential part of any garden plan, and no matter how small th...
- CHAPTERCARE OF LIVESTOCK DURING MAY
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- CHAPTERTHE PRUNING OF CITRUS TREES
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photos. Left-A long lateral of a lemon tree with unthrifty terminal growth which sh...
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. The primary objective of all pruning is the planned direction of the trees’ ...
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photos. Healthy, bearing lemon trees (left), showing their loose and irregular habi...
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. A sturdy young New Zealand grapefruit tree 12 months after being planted. Si...
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. Citrus fruits are carried chiefly on terminal twigs like the New Zealand gra...
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. A well-formed young lemon tree 18 months after being planted.
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. Laterals from a lower limb which touch the ground should be removed. The lim...
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. Strong, healthy, fruiting wood on the left and a spent lateral on the right....
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. Healthy.fruiting wood on the lower “skirt” of a lemon tree. If such branches...
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. Lemon trees from which the lower “skirts” of fruit-bearing wood have been re...
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd: photos. Upper— The method of sawing off a large branch without splitting the limb. ...
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photos. Left— A lemon tree with excessively-long top and side, growths. Right—Pruni...
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. An unthrifty lemon tree of bearing age which, though essentially sound and n...
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- CHAPTERWinter-feed Crops in North Otago
- ILLUSTRATIONHEADING PHOTOGRAPH: The Waiareka Valley with its rolling downs is typical of North Otago country. In the background a...
- ILLUSTRATIONThough North Otago conditions are suitable for both the growing and feeding off of greenfeed cereal crops, growth is ...
- ILLUSTRATIONLucerne is a more permanent crop than pasture and could play a far more important part in the provision of grazing.
- ILLUSTRATIONProvided the necessary attention is given to lucerne, the risk of its failure in North Otago is not great.
- ILLUSTRATIONChou moellier does well in North Otago and is especially popular with dairy farmers because of the large amount of su...
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- CHAPTERRADIO BROADCASTS
- CHAPTERTHE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION OF SHEEP BREEDS 1. The Merino in Europe and Australia
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Halin Ltd. photo.
- ILLUSTRATION[After H. B. Austin, “The Merino, Past, Present, and Future.” The old Spanish type of Merino. The evolution of the br...
- ILLUSTRATION[Photographs after E. W. Cox, “The Evolution of the Australian Merino,” and H. B. Austin, “The Merino, Past, Present,...
- ILLUSTRATION[Photographs after H. B. Austin, “The Merino, Past, Present, and Future.” Left—A ewe of the Scone stud in 1870. Willi...
- ILLUSTRATION[Photograph after H. B. Austin, “The Merino, Past, Present, and Future.” Stud ewes in Australia in 1900 at the height...
- CHAPTERMETEOROLOGICAL RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY
- CHAPTERInfluence of Climate and Soil Types on Nectar Secretion
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- CHAPTERDevice for Preventing Pigs from Straying
- CHAPTERHousehold Poultry:
- CHAPTERFARM DAIRY INSTRUCTION: METHOD AND PRACTICE
- CHAPTERTrial of New Baconer Grading System
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- CHAPTERBulbs and Tubers for Next Season’s Flowers
- CHAPTERSavoury Vegetable Dishes
- ILLUSTRATIONHeading photograph by Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd.
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. Vegetable pie with filling of creamed carrots and onions.
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photo. Upside-down vegetable cake of potatoes and carrots with a border of green pe...
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- CHAPTERCLEANING KITCHEN UTENSILS
- CHAPTERROYAL VISITORS TO NEW ZEALAND
- ILLUSTRATIONH.R.H.-the Prince of Wales.
- ILLUSTRATION[Alexander Turnbull Library photo. Auckland gave the Prince a vociferous welcome as he travelled up Queen Street afte...
- ILLUSTRATIONThroughout his tour the Prince was photographed by many amateur photographers anxious for mementoes of the visit. He ...
- CHAPTERThe Effect of Body Weight on Health
- CHAPTERA Roomy, Hard-Wearing Handbag
- CHAPTERSTORAGE SPACE IN THE HOME
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- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Industrial Pictures Ltd. photos. The set of bedroom storage units illustrated on this page was planned as an...
- ILLUSTRATIONA storage wall of cupboards built in an old kitchen.
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- CHAPTERREPAIRING AN UPHOLSTERED CHAIR
- ILLUSTRATIONThe old chair
- ILLUSTRATION...and the “new.”
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 1—The main cover pieces, showing where to take measurements and details of fitting.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 2-The double webbing used for a large chair.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 3—Place the raw end of the webbing toward the inner edge of the chair frame and fasten it with 3 tacks. Turn the...
- ILLUSTRATIONTo tighten the webbing, first adjust the long end round a block of wood as shown so that it is taut round the block a...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 4-Fastening a spring to the webbing. Begin with a slip knot at S and sew the spring to each web under which it p...
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- ILLUSTRATIONCUTTING LAYOUT FOR THE NEW COVER Fig. 5-Layouts for cutting out the cover for the chair illustrated from 48in. and 30...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 6-How the back piece will look when cut to fit. These cuts must be made while the material is being fitted to th...
- ILLUSTRATIONAn underneath view of the chair before repairs were undertaken. The webbing supporting some of the springs had given ...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 7—How the seat piece will look when cut to fit. It must be cut and fitted only after the cover has been anchored...
- ILLUSTRATIONIf the arms need repadding, the old cover, and the padding cover if there is one, should be freed and turned back. Up...
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