Mar. 2, 1920.] Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



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2nd March, 1920. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Farmers' Experiment Plots— Wheat and Oat Experiments, 1919— 



Riverina and South-western Slopes G. C. Sparks 153 



Central-western District B. C. Meek 159 



North-western District R. W. McDiarmid 161 



A Note on the Over-summering of Wheat Rust in Australia 



W. L. Waterhouse 165 



A Home-made Rain Gauge .. A. H. E. McDonald 166 



Field Peas as Foduer— A Substitute for Wheat and Oats H. Wenholz 167 



Japanese Buckwheat as a Honey Producer 170 



Immature Sudan Grass is Harmless to Stock ... .. ... ... ... 170 



The Construction of a Concrete Block Silo A. Brooks 171 



Effects of a Crop Competition in Victoria 176 



Wheat on Heavy Black Soil 176 



"Cheap" Banana Suckers are Sometimes Costly W. J. Allen 176 



Soil Improvement for Maize— I. Manuiesand Fertilisers [continued) 



H. Wenholz 177 



The "Leaf-cutting" Bee 183 



Telegony G. P. Darnell-Smith 184 



The Activities of Agricultural Colleges D. F. Houston 184 



List of Fertilisers in New South Wales — 1920 List 



F. B. Guthrie, A. A. Ramsay, R. M. Petrie and F. J. Stokes 185 



Origin of the Name "Jerusalem Artichoke" ... G. P. Darnell-Smith 193 



Two Types of Eureka Lemon W. J. Allen 194 



Chats about the Prickly Pear — No. 2 J. H. Maiden 195 



The Importance of Appearance in the Packing of Honey W. A. Goodacre 199 



Vineyard Notes FOR March ... H. E. Laffer 200 



Essentials to Rural Contentment D. F. Houston 200 



Apricot Growing in New South Wales W. J. Allen 201 



The Compositions of Various Lead Arsenates A. A. Ramsay 208 



Apiary Notes for March W. A. Goodacre 212 



Extracting Surplus Honey ... W. A. Goodacre 213 



A Dry' Form of Li.me-sulphur ... ... ... A. A. Ramsay 216 



Poultry Notes — March .. J. Hadlington 217 



Annual Stud Pig Sale at Hawkesbury Agricultural College 220 



The Maintenance of Fertility.. W. R. Listen 220 



Orchard Notes — March W. J. Allen and S. A. Hogg 221 



A Query from California 222 



Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales — Reports and Notices from 



Branches ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 223 



Business-like Dairying J. S. McFadzean 227 



Agricultural Societies' Shows 228 



