June 2, 1920.] Agricultural Gazette of N.S.W. 4:4.1 



Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales* 



SUGGESTED SUBJECTS FOR BUREAU MEETINGS. 



It sometimes happens that, owing to some inadvertence, members of branches 

 meet without having any particular subject before them. In such a case 

 one of the following paragraphs may provoka a useful discussion, and a brief 

 report of the discussion will often interest other branches. 



Have you considered the extension of your cultivated area in view of the 

 reduction of live stock? Following any improvement in the weather and soil 

 conditions, ivhat methods of preparing land quickly for hurried sowings of 

 wheat or other crops would you adopt to ensure a pirofitahle crop? Under 

 adverse circumstances 2>ractices become justifiable that are not the best in better, 

 seasons. Hence, catch-crop methods have sometimes to be adopted. What 

 tvould yours be ? 



What methods of feeditig sheep have you adopted during the past few months ? 

 Hoio have you fed grain — by placing it in troughs or throwing it on the ground — 

 and what quantity per head have you allowed as a maintenance ration ? In the 

 handling of the flock have you made any attemptt to separate the weak from the 

 strong animals, or the ewes with lambs at foot from those that "-emained empty ? 



Have you ever tried seeding wheat on a maize field ivithout ploughing, using 

 the disc-cultivator as a means of preparing the seed-bed ? 



Have you found ivinter sprayi'ng ivith lime-sulphur effective against erinose 

 in the grape vine ? 



Which has given you the better results in tKe control of mildetv in apples— 

 ivinter sjiraying tvith lime-suljjhur or with Bordeaux mixture ? 



Have you considered what substitute feeds for poultry could be grown in your 

 district? There are many crops that tvould be of value in different parts of 

 the State ; tvhat one should do well in yours, and what methods would you adopt 

 of planting, harvesting, and feeding it? 



DEMONSTRATION HIVE FOR BEE-KEEPERS. 



Arrangements have been made for the loan to bi'anches of the Agricultural 

 Bureau of a complete hive, together with samples of bee-keeping material, 

 with the object of enabling members interested in the subject to see the 

 correct way of fixing the supers, &c. In addition to the hive, the collection 

 comprises super frames, foundation comb, mailing cage for queens, &c. Full 

 information will accompany the package. Applications (which should be 

 addressed to the Under Secretary and Director, Department of Agriculture, 

 Sydney) will be dealt with in the order in which they, come to hand, and the 

 material will be sent from one branch to another, the receiving branch in 

 each case being asked to pay the small amount of the freight. 



