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- CHAPTERNEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF Agriculture
- CHAPTERThis Month’s Cover
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- TABLE_OF_CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS
- CHAPTERProduction for 3 Million 25 Years Hence
- ILLUSTRATIONMr. E. J. Fawcett. [Spencer Digby
- ILLUSTRATION[Steele Of New Zealand's total exports about 98 per cent, are farm products and practically all of these are from the...
- ILLUSTRATION[National Publicity For a population of 3 million people livestock numbers generally will have to rise by 60 per cent...
- CHAPTERCorrectly Treated Garbage a Valuable Pig Food
- ILLUSTRATIONLayout of a piggery where garbage is fed. Where pens are facing, one row may be colder than the other, and in exposed...
- ILLUSTRATIONFront of boiler house, showing landing stage (middle) and concrete sterilising vats (right).
- ILLUSTRATIONPlan (above) and front elevation (below) of piggery for garbage feeding illustrated on page 197. A-Truck shed. B—Feed...
- ILLUSTRATIONReleasing treated garbage into feeding trolly. The release valves are of a guillotine type capable of breaking bones.
- ILLUSTRATIONAn 8 h.p. steam boiler, showing blower feed apparatus fitted to firebox. Crude oil is used for fuel.
- ILLUSTRATIONConvenient plant for steam treatment of garbage. A—Sorting platform. B—Safety railing. C-Treating vats. D—Perforated ...
- ILLUSTRATIONDiscarded square water tanks are used for the boiling of garbage on some piggeries, but in many ways they are most un...
- ILLUSTRATIONPlan (upper) and side elevation (lower) of cookhouse, for small garbage piggery in which garbage is cooked in the dru...
- ILLUSTRATIONOften kitchen wastes contain things such as razor blades, broken glass, and pieces of tin which if swallowed by pigs ...
- ILLUSTRATIONGarbage should be kept covered until treated. Seagulls often frequent piggeries where garbage is fed and can be disea...
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- CHAPTERControl of Cutworms by Spreading Poison Baits from the Air
- CHAPTERMore Farm Production Needed for Rising Population
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
- CHAPTERPromising Results in Couch Control Trials
- CHAPTERPackage Bee Trials
- ILLUSTRATIONHEADING PHOTOGRAPH: General view of the trial area, with the Two Thumbs Range in the background.
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow The shipping crate, in which five packages can be evenly spaced and conveniently handled.
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft below-The package, showing general construction and candy holders and queen cage. Right below-The package filled...
- ILLUSTRATIONFilling packages from a prepared hive. The filling funnel, part of the scales, and packages awaiting filling are shown.
- ILLUSTRATIONPreparing to install package bees.
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft-A top removed from a package before installation, showing bees clustered on candy. Right-Bees established on com...
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- CHAPTERPreserving Eggs from Household Poultry for Winter Use
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- CHAPTERDisinfection of Vegetable Seeds
- ILLUSTRATION[H. Tooley Fig. 1—Pythium infection of pea seeds lifted from soil 2 days after being sown.
- ILLUSTRATION[H. Tooley Fig. 2—Effect of some seed disinfectants on seed-carried organisms of french beans. The plate at upper lef...
- ILLUSTRATION[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Fig. 3-Tomato seedlings from treated seeds (left) and untreated see...
- ILLUSTRATION[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Above: Fig. 4—An operator wearing a protective mask during seed tre...
- ILLUSTRATION[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Figs. 6 and 7Seed-dusting machines. Left—Fig. 6: A machine for dust...
- ILLUSTRATION[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Fig. 8—Rear and side view of an electrically powered, continuous-ac...
- ILLUSTRATION[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Fig. 9—A continuous-action machine of a rotary type used for dustin...
- ILLUSTRATION[After Calkins Fig. 10—A seed-dressing machine fitted with an exhauster.
- ILLUSTRATION[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Fig. 11—Effect of seed treatment on emergence of cabbage seedlings....
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 12—A slurry seed-treating machine. 1-Seed pocket. 2-Slurry buckets. 3—Slurry tank with agitators. 4—Mixing chamb...
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- CHAPTERUse of Molybdenised Fertilisers
- CHAPTERDevelopment of a North Canterbury Downlands Farm
- ILLUSTRATIONHEADING PHOTOGRAPH: A general view of the farm showing the nature of the downlands.
- ILLUSTRATIONA map of the downlands area showing the location of the farm (X).
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- ILLUSTRATIONLeft—A close-up of a lucerne crop on the farm. Lucerne fills an important place in providing hay and grazing and an o...
- ILLUSTRATIONImproved pastures on the farm have resulted in increased carrying capacity and a rapid build-up in fertility.
- ILLUSTRATIONA view of the farm homestead and buildings.
- ILLUSTRATIONA close-up of a typical sward before development consisting of browntop, annual clovers, and flatweeds.
- ILLUSTRATIONFor the control of spring growth of pastures on the farm a small mob of cattle is run.
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- CHAPTERCare of Livestock during October
- CHAPTERDairy Produce Graded for Export
- CHAPTERTurnip and Swede Production
- CHAPTERPellet Feeding for Poultry Flocks
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- CHAPTERCultivating, Oversowing, and Topdressing Hill-country Pastures of Northern Raglan
- ILLUSTRATIONHEADING PHOTOGRAPH: Panorama of Te Akau, the most fertile hill district in Raglan County. The average carrying capaci...
- ILLUSTRATIONView of Waingaro Valley. The carrying capacity on the hill area at left was raised from one sheep to three in 8 years...
- ILLUSTRATIONArea typical of many acres of hill country, showing strong hold of bracken and hard fern.
- ILLUSTRATIONUpper left-No oversowing. Note poor sward through lack of clovers despite five annual applications of serpentine supe...
- ILLUSTRATIONHoggets on swedes. After the crop is eaten off, the area can be reploughed or disced, limed at ½ ton per acre, and pr...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe effects of different rates of lime compared with surrounding area untreated, by lime. Seed heads are mostly brown...
- ILLUSTRATIONRight—The effect of lime at 20cwt. per acre on Raglan hill country. Left—Control.
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- CHAPTERPreserving Hive Parts with Paraffin Wax
- ILLUSTRATIONA waxing tank 4ft. square mounted over an iron fire box.
- ILLUSTRATIONHive parts being dipped in paraffin wax and drained. A protective shield may be seen at the back of the trough.
- ILLUSTRATIONAn apiary in Southland subjected to summer heat and winter snows. The supers shown were treated with paraffin wax 20 ...
- ILLUSTRATIONA wax trough surrounded by concrete and over a fire box. At right is a treated super draining on a sheet of iron.
- CHAPTERShow Dates
- CHAPTERSeed Testing: Basic Features, Services, and Terminology
- ILLUSTRATIONPre-harvest tests are available to farmers to assist in successful harvesting of ryegrass seed. Samples are taken by ...
- ILLUSTRATIONWeed seeds are often not evident when seed is viewed in bulk, but careful laboratory examination immediately reveals ...
- ILLUSTRATIONCounts being carried out in the germination laboratory. It is essential to know the exact germination when buying or ...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe purity laboratory at the Seed Testing Station, Palmerston North, where highly trained seed analysts examine sampl...
- ILLUSTRATIONThis purity and germination certificate is held by the seed merchant for all lines of Certified seed. It should be se...
- ILLUSTRATIONAbnormal growths are seedlings which are found in the laboratory germination tests but which would not survive in the...
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- CHAPTERRecent Research Work WEED CONTROL
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
- CHAPTEREarly-spring Management of the Apiary
- ILLUSTRATIONExamining the brood for disease and to gauge the condition of the queen.
- ILLUSTRATIONExamining the hive. Left—hive entrance should first be smoked. Middle—The cover is then removed, the mat folded back ...
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft-A division-board feeder. Right—A handy feeder made from a 5lb. honey tin.
- ILLUSTRATIONEquipment for handling bees consists of a cork topee hat, a wire bee veil, gloves, cuffs, a smoker, and a hive tool.
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- CHAPTERLess ell-known Vegetables that Deserve a Trial in the Home Garden
- ILLUSTRATIONHEADING PHOTOGRAPH: Globe artichoke. The flower bud in the centre back is ready for harvesting. All other buds have f...
- ILLUSTRATIONBELOW: Dwarf borecole or kale can be harvested leaf by leaf or the whole plant can be removed at once as is done with...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe roots and leaves should be removed from the bulb of celeriac before it is prepared for the table. Leaves can be u...
- ILLUSTRATIONKohl rabi. The root on the right could be harvested at this stage. Plants are the desirable distance apart,
- ILLUSTRATIONSalsify. Its roots provide'a delicious variation to meals and are easily grown.
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft—Mature and unblanched foliage of sea kale. The centre seed stalk should not be allowed to grow when plants are b...
- ILLUSTRATIONUpper—Rooted kumara shoots set out about 18in. apart on broad low ridges slightly flattened to assist retention of mo...
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- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow If the terminal shoots of the dominant leaders of pumpkin plants are pinched off, the fruit is produced clos...
- ILLUSTRATIONSupporting climbing beans. Left-Four stakes 7ft. long set 2ft. apart each way to form a square and the tops drawn tog...
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- CHAPTERSymptoms and Control of X Chick Disease
- ILLUSTRATIONA chick with swollen head and neck caused by the presence of exudate under the skin. This chick died shortly after th...
- ILLUSTRATIONA 4-week-old chick showing the typical symptoms of X chick disease. The chick is unable to stand upright.
- ILLUSTRATIONA general view of the layout and conditions of management in trial No. 2 at the Poultry Demonstration Plant, Upper Hutt.
- ILLUSTRATIONContrast in general condition between birds from the group treated with vitamin E (upper) and the control group (lower).
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- CHAPTERSelf-cleaning Bucket for Hydraulically Operated Trench Diggers
- CHAPTERMeteorological Records for July
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- CHAPTERSpring Bedding Plants for Flower Garden
- ILLUSTRATIONHEADING PHOTOGRAPH: A mass display of stock. Campbell Photography photo.
- ILLUSTRATIONRectangular or square bed: The triangle, made from strips of timber or pieces of string, is placed with one short sid...
- ILLUSTRATIONOval or elliptical bed: The string is attached to two fixed pegs A and B and a marker peg C is used to trace out the ...
- ILLUSTRATION[Campbell Upper-As much soil as possible should adhere to roots of lifted plants. Middle—Hole should be larger than p...
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- ILLUSTRATION[Douglas Elliott Antirrhinums are perhaps the most popular of all bedding plants.
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- CHAPTERSmartening Frontages for the Royal Visit
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- CHAPTERDraperies and Curtains
- ILLUSTRATIONHeading photograph by Sparrow.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 1—Tailored curtains or draperies. AB—Sill length. AC-Apron length. AD—Floor length.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 2-Tie-back curiains or draperies. AB—-Sill length. AC-Apron length. AD—Floor length.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 3-Tier curtains; two lengths AB and BC.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 4 (at left)—Cross-over glass curtains. Fig. 5 (above)-The placing of the material before cutting of crossover gl...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 6 (left)—The placing of curtains or draperies to make narrow windows appear wider. Fig. 7 (right)-Top hem, showi...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 8—The fitting of the finished lining on the drapery.
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 9—Flat or knife pleat. B—French or pinch pleats. C—Cartridge pleats.
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- CHAPTERTips for Travellers
- ILLUSTRATIONHEADING PHOTOGRAPH: Packing a trunk is simplified with the right things on hand. The bags fit the case and lie flat.
- ILLUSTRATIONA set of useful and decorative travel accessories. Instructions for making some of these are given in this article.
- ILLUSTRATIONAt right—When plastic or waterproofed cotton is being stitched paper clips instead of pins should be used to hold the...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe stocking holder. Upper—holder closed. Middle left-The pattern. Middle right-Diagram showing method of joining the...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe cosmetic hold-all. Above—The hold-all lies flat for packing. At right—Diagram of the hold-all. Below— hold-all open.
- ILLUSTRATIONFlannel flaps for needles.
- ILLUSTRATIONPincushion (cut two).
- ILLUSTRATIONFlap pocket for holding mending materials.
- ILLUSTRATIONThimble holder.
- ILLUSTRATIONScissors pocket.
- ILLUSTRATIONTape-measure holder.
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- ILLUSTRATIONThe hussif closed and ready for packing.
- ILLUSTRATIONPattern for the shoe bag.
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- ILLUSTRATIONStrip to hold gathers in place Fig. 2 [Sparrow
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- CHAPTERReducing Diets Should be Properly Planned
- CHAPTERJilet Crochet Corners
- CHAPTERWhat Show Judges Look For
- ILLUSTRATIONWill the judge disqualify? Jars with outer screw bands left on must have these removed so that the inner seal can be ...
- ILLUSTRATIONBELOW: Which would the reader choose? Appearance counts, but taste, feel, and smell must be scored too.
- ILLUSTRATIONWhen all look so good how can one decide which should receive the awards? The competitors who make that little extra ...
- ILLUSTRATIONTechnique is not everything. This stitchery is well done, but the small sprays near the edge are superfluous and the ...
- ILLUSTRATIONGood judges, unlike good soldiers, look behind. The back of the work (left) should be neat with the ends securely fin...
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove-Modern figure knitting. This class, so popular today, must be separated from the true Fair Isle knitting, which...
- ILLUSTRATIONArrangement of a court takes time and thought to give a pleasing result. Judges' comments on colour, balance, and des...
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