Journal of Agriculture

Hokitika Guardian, 28 February 1923, Page 4

Journal of Agriculture

In the current February issue of the -New Zealand Journal of Agriculture appears an interesting illustrated article on Alodern Seed-testing, and describing the ofiicial seed-station operated ly tin* Department of Agriculture at Wellington. Tin* article is written ‘drum the inside’’ by the officor-in-chnrge, Air X. R. Foy, and thus gives many intimate (mints of information. Farmers and others will have their attention arrested by an article on the Rabbit Pest by Air D. Aliinro, one of tin* Department’s Stock Inspectors with thirty years’ experience it rabbit campaigning. The extraordinary fecundity and potential increase u: the rabbit is strikingly (.'resented, am tlie ilia iter of migration of the pest i: !il',i tie "It with. The Department’s u* grassing experiments on the deplete,, pastoral country of Central Otago, can j dueled by Dr. L. Cockayne, fonu tin subject of a report by a special com

I mitteo of runhoklers, whose comments are of much practical interest and decidedly encouraging. A helpful niticle on Tom to-;!,■>■ ;l-c>. with spei i 1 I o le cnee to “id: eh -i; ipe" which Ims been very irenblcsniue in certain import nt <1 i-tl il ts, tins .(’ i- iii. is c uitri hutod by 1 > v the veteran horticulturist, Mr V.’. .11. Taylor. Mr li. C. Aston, the Department's C'hemi-t. resumes his series on tlie Poisonous, Suspected and Medicinal Plants of Now Zealand. Other matter includes articles on Digestive Disorders of Cattle; Honey and Atmospheric Moisture; Cow-testing; Liming and Manurial Trials with Pape at \fartinboroiifjli; 't’.e l eaf-curl. Bladdorulum and Cherry-eurl Fungous Di-eases of Fruit trees and tl:' usual seasonal Notes. Answers to inquiries. Weather Records etc.