Contents
- COVER_SECTIONCover Section
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- CHAPTERNEW ZEALAND Agriculture (Established 1910)
- CHAPTERAgriculture
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- TABLE_OF_CONTENTSCONTENTS
- CHAPTERAFTER 100 YEARS’ FARMING
- CHAPTERSouth Canterbury Centennial Farm Conference
- ILLUSTRATION[Bremford "While there are at least 1,000 cusecs flowing down the Rangitata River to the sea unused—enough to irrigat...
- ILLUSTRATION[Brentford Mr J. L Barker explains at the field day the development programme under which, starting in 1954 with 640 ...
- ILLUSTRATION[Bremford Hay bale seating on flax trailers accommodated most of the crowd of about 500 on the field day for a quick ...
- ILLUSTRATIONOne of the latest highly successful applications of aldrin and dieldrin is in use with fertilisers as a combined mix....
- ILLUSTRATION[National Publicity Increasing production in the high country indicates that sheep population is now within the susta...
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- CHAPTERMr P. W. Smallfield Appointed Director-General
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- ILLUSTRATIONMr P. W. Smallfield.
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- CHAPTERThe Story of Facial Eczema Research
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- ILLUSTRATIONDr J. A. Gilruth, the Dominion's first Chief Veterinarian, who made the first official reference to facial eczema in ...
- ILLUSTRATIONLiver damage of animals contracting facial eczema was found in early research to be of a particular type easily recog...
- ILLUSTRATIONThat the primary lesion was in the liver and that losses from the disease were due to the effects of liver damage wer...
- ILLUSTRATION[Niederer Definite liver damage produced in penned lambs fed green grass mown from an area near Wairoa on which there...
- ILLUSTRATIONGrass samples collected from selected areas being mixed to ensure complete drying in a colce dryer at Ruakura.
- ILLUSTRATIONPreventive measures are based on ensuring that toxic grass is not eaten. Brassica crops and pure white clover swards ...
- ILLUSTRATIONOne encouraging chemical development has been the discovery of the socalled "beaker test" in which a deposit appearin...
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- CHAPTERNassella Tussock Control: Preventing Reversion
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- CHAPTERProfit from Irrigation
- ILLUSTRATIONA paddock under spray irrigation.
- ILLUSTRATIONAn unirrigated paddock on the farm.
- ILLUSTRATIONA pasture 7 days after being irrigated with a spray plant.
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- CHAPTERCare of Livestock during October
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- CHAPTERCrop and Pasture Management
- CHAPTERNew Wallaceville Quarantine Out-Station
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- CHAPTERAgricultural Discussions with United Kingdom Government
- ILLUSTRATIONMr C. F. Skinner.
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- CHAPTERTuberculin Testing Scheme for Factory-supply Herds
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- CHAPTERFUTURE TRENDS in New Zealand Agriculture
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- CHAPTERAn Efficient Bee Escape
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- CHAPTERRecent Research Work
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- CHAPTERInvestigation of III-thrift of Lambs in South Canterbury
- ILLUSTRATIONSevere unthriftiness from a combination of cobalt deficiency and Ostertagia worm infestation in lambs on South Canter...
- ILLUSTRATIONCobalt deficient soils of South Canterbury exposed by the investigation.
- ILLUSTRATIONThese lambs on abundant, clover-dominant pasture on a South Canterbury stony silt loam were showing lack of appetite ...
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- CHAPTERMeteorological Records for Joly
- CHAPTERDairy Produce Graded for Export
- CHAPTERMEETING THE CHANGING MARKET FOR OUR MEAT
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- CHAPTERAgricultural and Pastoral Show Dates
- CHAPTERMain Wool Sales
- CHAPTERImportance of Checking Hives Early in the Season
- ILLUSTRATIONA comb of bees and brood short of stores and on the point of starvation early in the season. Uncapped brood cells and...
- ILLUSTRATIONInferior and damaged combs that should be removed from a hive during spring examination. The cells in the lower half ...
- ILLUSTRATIONA comb showing a good patch of brood (left) and honey supplies (right). This is typical of what should be found durin...
- ILLUSTRATIONCleaning refuse from a bottom board early in the season.
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- CHAPTERRadio Broadcasts for Farmers
- CHAPTERFowl Pox
- CHAPTERCitrus Production in 1957
- CHAPTERLamb Losses from Birth to 6 Months
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- CHAPTERThe Home Garden in October
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- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn Runner and dwarf beans need warm, frost-free conditions. They can be sown this month where danger of ...
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn Asparagus shoots are tender and tasty and' the plant could be more widely grown to provide a vegetabl...
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn Main-crop potatoes are planted in most districts in October, though where late frosts are to be expec...
- ILLUSTRATION[Sparrow Side shoots should be removed while they are small from tall tomatoes. They are best held so that the finger...
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- CHAPTERStoring Winter Woollens
- ILLUSTRATIONUpper left-Some of the methods of protecting stored woollen materials from moths and carpet beetles by preventing the...
- ILLUSTRATIONTemporary protection can be gained by spraying woollens with, benzene hexachloride, DDT, dieldrin, or similar compoun...
- ILLUSTRATIONJumpers and cardigans stored in a plastic bag which has been sealed with adhesive tape.
- ILLUSTRATIONSmall articles like gloves, socks, and scarves can be safely stored in glass screw-top jars.
- ILLUSTRATIONWoollens, clean and uncontaminated with any form of moth or beetle life, can be stored in a large hat box or trunk if...
- CHAPTERPouring Batters
- ILLUSTRATIONBatter for girdle cakes should be thin enough to run from the spoon, but must be thick enough to maintain its shape.
- ILLUSTRATIONTimbale cases being cooked in deep fat. On the trays are some cooked but unfilled. Those on the plate at lower right ...
- ILLUSTRATIONIn its home country Yorkshire pudding is served as a separate course before the meat and vegetables. In New Zealand i...
- ILLUSTRATIONThis very thin Yorkshire pudding batter is poured into a hot roasting tin in which about 2 oz. of dripping has been m...
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- CHAPTERPlastics in the Flower Garden
- ILLUSTRATIONWooden frameworks stood upright to protect plants from the wind. The frame on the left is covered with wire embedded ...
- ILLUSTRATIONHalf-ripe cuffings inserted in a pot of sand and completely enclosed in a polythene bag. By the reduction of transpir...
- ILLUSTRATIONA small glasshouse built of wireembedded plastic and attached to a tool shed.
- ILLUSTRATIONA method of striking small cuttings. The cuttings are inserted in sandy soil in a seed box, two wires are arched over...
- ILLUSTRATIONSemi-circular plastic cloches. Polythene sheet is stretched over wire netting and held by battens. The polythene proj...
- ILLUSTRATIONA Dutch framelight. A single sheet of glass in a wooden framework. 2 ft. 11in. x 5 ft. 2 in.
- ILLUSTRATIONPolythene-covered framelights used as a tent cloche.
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- ILLUSTRATIONEuphorbia marginata, an attractive annual, seed of which can be sown in October.
- ILLUSTRATIONIncorrect way to carry a box of seedling plants. Strain and stress are laid on the muscles of arms and stomach.
- ILLUSTRATIONCorrect way to carry a box of seedlings. The arms are extended and the weight rests on the thighs.
- ILLUSTRATIONOld clumps of Iris innominata can be carefully divided early in October.
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- CHAPTERCut Work
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. I—Two embroidered mats. The stamens, stalks, and leaves are worked either before or after the background is cut ...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 2—An inferior design with too much background removed. The parts surrounding the leaves have been cut away and f...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 3-Two rows of running stitch are worked between the double outlines,
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 4-A: Working a bar in buttonhole stitch. B: Weaving a bar. Bars are worked before cutting. Care must be taken no...
- ILLUSTRATIONFig. 5—Buttonhole stitch over the running stitch, keeping the edges very even.
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