May 3, 1920.] Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 



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3rd May, 1920. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Broom Millet Seed as Feed for Stock H. Wenholz 305 



Popular Descriptions of Grasses [continued)— H\\e Chloris Grasses 



E. Breakwell 309 



Sugar Beet Growing in England 314 



Farmers' Experiment Plots — Winter Fodders, Western Districts, 1919 



J. E. Syme 315 



Winter Schools for Farmers, 1920 317 



Helping Orange Trees to Set their Fruit 317 



Soil Improvement for Maize— I. Manures and Fertilisers {continued) 



H. Wenholz 318 



Vary the Ration when Hand-feeding Sheep 324 



Chats about the Prickly Pear — No. 3 J. H. Maiden 325 



Dairy Produce Factory Premises and Manufacturing Processes 



L. T. Maolnnes and H. H. Randell 333 



Table Grape Varieties for Wagga District H. E. Laffer 337 



Machine i\ Hand Milkin(4 .. ... 338 



Treatment for Worms in Horses 338 



The European Corn Borer 338 



Safeguarding Farm Stock from Disease — (1) By Preventing the Introduction 



of Infection ... ... ... Max Henry 339 



Telephone Cables Damaged by Wood Borers 344 



Silage from Beet-tops ... ... ... 344 



The Scottish Milk Records Association ... L. T. Maclnnes 345 



The Useful Turnip Crop J. A. Symon 348 



A Swarm of Bees Chooses an Odd Home 348 



Some Properties of Castor Oil 348 



Notes on Some Cases of Paralysis in Bees W. A. Goodacre 349 



The Standard of Production in Denmark "R. T. McKenzie 351 



Orchardists Pay Heavy Toll to Stablings W. J. Allen 351 



Green Fodder for Poultry all the Year Round ...A. H. E. McDonald 352 

 Egg-laying Tests at Hawkesbury Agricultural College — Eighteenth Year's . 



Results, 1919-20 (under the Supervision of James Hadlington, Poultry Expert) 



F. H. Harvey 353 



Poultry Notes — May .. J- Hadlington 369 



Orchard Notes — May W. J. Allen and S, A. Hogg 373 



Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales — Reports and Notices from 



Branches ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ■•■ ••• 37S 



Agricultural Societies' Shows 380 



