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- COVER_SECTIONCover Section
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- CHAPTERNEW ZEALAND Journal of Agriculture
- TABLE_OF_CONTENTSTable Of Contents
- CHAPTERUntitled
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- CHAPTERRuakura’s 12th Conference Parade of Science and Practice
- ILLUSTRATIONAt bottom—D. S. M. Phillips describing the practice of 30 sec. pre-milking stimulus that achieved a 32 per cent incre...
- ILLUSTRATIONAt No. 2 Dairy, where controlled and uncontrolled grazing at both high and low stocking rates have been compared over...
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft—The principles of sheep breeding experiments introducing a strain of Border Leicester into a hill country flock ...
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- CHAPTERLivestock Numbers and Production in U.S.A. are of Interest to N.Z.
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- CHAPTERROUND THE RESEARCH STATIONS
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- CHAPTERChanges in Department’s Senior Staff
- ILLUSTRATIONMr Caldwell.
- ILLUSTRATION[Sabrina Studios Mr Banfield.
- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn Mr Grainger.
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- CHAPTERControl of Barley Grass
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- CHAPTERRecent Research Work
- CHAPTERWEED IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL
- ILLUSTRATIONBLACK NIGHTSHADE
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- CHAPTERRate-of-seeding Wheat Trials in South Canterbury
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- CHAPTERMr G. T. de S. Baylis – A Notable Early Agricultural Experimentalist
- ILLUSTRATIONMr Baylis.
- CHAPTERVegetable Growing For HOME and MARKET GARDENERS
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
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- ILLUSTRATION[Green and Hahn Flax ties used on bundles of rhubarb are generally attached to the picker's leg as shown.
- CHAPTERMeteorological Records for June
- CHAPTERDairy Produce Graded for Export
- CHAPTERThe Home Orchard in Spring
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- CHAPTERLike a duck to water,Tony!
- CHAPTERCare of Livestock during September
- CHAPTERSeasonal Notes
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- CHAPTER50th Jubilee Supplement 1910-1960
- CHAPTER50 Years’ War on Animal Pests
- ILLUSTRATIONUntitled
- ILLUSTRATIONTruck loads of trapped rabbits were a common sight in New Zealand for many years before legislation enabled stage by ...
- ILLUSTRATION[National Publicity Young rabbits dug out from their burrow. In 1919 the "Journal" advised farmers to "avoid employin...
- ILLUSTRATIONLaying phosphorised pollard (circled) in a rabbit-infested area. Poisoning with phosphorus mixtures was successful fo...
- ILLUSTRATION[Australian Official photograph Australian scientists injecting myxomatosis virus into a rabbit to determine the dise...
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- ILLUSTRATION[New Zealand Forest Service The opossum was introduced by responsible organisations with Government approval and for ...
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- CHAPTERPIG HUSBANDRY through the "JOURNAL"
- ILLUSTRATIONHEADING PHOTOGRAPH: National Hybrid sow and litter. The National Hybrid was developed to provide more prolific and ha...
- ILLUSTRATION[S. P. Andrew M. J. Scott, Superintendent of the Pig Industry, Department of Agriculture, from 1936 to 1943. He was a...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe prototype round farrowing house at Ruakura Animal Research Station. This type of house was developed principally ...
- ILLUSTRATIONH. M. Peirson, Superintendent of the Pig Industry, Department of Agriculture, from 1944 to 1949, discussing carcass q...
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- CHAPTERThe Poultry Industry
- ILLUSTRATIONSmall poultry unit about 1910.
- ILLUSTRATION[S. P. Andrew F. C. Brown, Chief Poultry Instructor, Department of Agriculture, who from an early stage in the develo...
- ILLUSTRATIONAbove—Old, flat-top incubators in a hatchery of a poultry farm established in the Hutt Valley in 1912. Below—The same...
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- CHAPTERLAYING HOUSES
- ILLUSTRATIONDiagram of an openfronted laying house included in a Departmental publication in 1916. Many houses of similar design ...
- ILLUSTRATIONA modern type of house in the Christchurch area which has proved successful.
- ILLUSTRATION[Optimus The State poultry station established at Milton, showing brooder houses and runs used for raising improved s...
- ILLUSTRATIONA section of the Department's Poultry Demonstration Plant at Upper Hutt, which was established after the Second World...
- ILLUSTRATIONBlood testing for pullorum disease has become an important Department of Agriculture service since attention was firs...
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- CHAPTER"Journal" Pleas for Eradication of Hydatids
- CHAPTERHorticultural Development, 1910-1960
- ILLUSTRATIONILLUSTRATIONS ON OPPOSITE PAGE: The earlier method of harvesting fruit (lower) was into bushel cases; this has been s...
- ILLUSTRATIONInspection of export fruit at Nelson in the late 1920 s before it was loaded on to a coastal vessel for transhipment ...
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- ILLUSTRATIONOne of the earliest type of hand operated fruit sizing machines used for grading fruit for export in Nelson district.
- ILLUSTRATIONThe use of modern spraying machines has resulted in a saving in manpower and time, and diseases generally have been c...
- ILLUSTRATIONMany fruitgrowers have turned to permanent grassing of their orchards as a means of improving soil condi-tion and fer...
- ILLUSTRATION[Orr The vegetable processing industry has had an immense influence on vegetable production in recent years.
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- CHAPTERRadio Broadcasts for Farmers
- CHAPTERProcessed Bee Comb Foundation
- ILLUSTRATIONAfter the crude wax has been melted, thoroughly filtered, and solidified in moulds, it is processed in the Weed sheet...
- ILLUSTRATIONAt the first stage of manufacture into comb foundation the crude wax is melted down in a steam-heated tank (upper lef...
- ILLUSTRATIONThe sheeted wax is rolled on to wooden cores and left for about a fortnight so that it can become thoroughly annealed...
- ILLUSTRATIONWhen the rolls of wax sheeting have thoroughly annealed the sheets are passed through the embossing machine. The embo...
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- CHAPTEREfficient Farrowing House for the Larger Piggery
- ILLUSTRATIONThis view of the house shows the access race, stable type door to central feeding passage, hopper and louvre windows,...
- ILLUSTRATIONLeft-One range of pens from the central passage, showing the layout of the pens and the ceiling construction. Right-O...
- ILLUSTRATIONGround plan of the farrowing house.
- ILLUSTRATIONUPPER-Rear view of crate with the boards which are used at farrowing in position. LOWER-A pen with sow and litter a f...
- ILLUSTRATIONLooking into the hover area from the front passage. The lids of adjacent hover areas when raised are held by a U bolt...
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- CHAPTERWith What Measure Do You Mete?
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- ILLUSTRATIONA set of English measuring cups and a jug calibrated to the Imperial pint measure (20 oz).
- ILLUSTRATIONA set of American measuring cups and a jug (lower right) calibrated to the American pint measure (16 oz).
- ILLUSTRATIONThe capacities of household teaspoons and tablespoons vary from each other and from standard measuring spoons.
- ILLUSTRATIONEnglish standard measuring spoons are slightly larger than the American (shown at top above) and include a dessertspoon.
- ILLUSTRATIONThe capacities of household tea and breakfast cups often vary considerably.
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- CHAPTERRaising Plants from Seed in Flower Garden
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- CHAPTERGarden Work in September
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