N.Z. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE.

Hokitika Guardian, 28 August 1923, Page 1

N.Z. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE.

The lile-history of the cattle-lick occurring in the *>r I.h of tiie Dominion ilucidly" dealt with in the eurreiii August issue ol the New Zealand .Journal of Agriculture by Mr .1. ( *. -Myers, who is making a special investigation of the subject. Some very important new fuels have boon nseeiTaiucd. having a praoth al hearing on control measures in which farmers are ilnsely concerned. A somewhat related veterinary contribution i> t special interest to daii> farmers is that by Mr A. R. Young on Kodwator in Cows in Now Zealand, a trouble which in this country is of dietetic origin, and not he he contused with a more serious condition present in some other countries, hearing the same general name latt having a quite different cause. A second article by Air !,. I!, l-'osier on tin* Testing «t New Zealand grown wheats deals spoeiallv with the strength and quality oi flour. Air !!. S. Aston discusses Urn organic matter of the soil, showing the importance of. humus in culture. . paper by Air W. I). Hunt on the breeding of farm animals gives mi inlcrosland clear exposition of the laws oi liereditv. with a local b.'i’ring. t'uiililining' their scries of tile Heialmu n liirils to Agriculture, Messrs Myers ami Atkinson dual with the insectivorous s . I1;l |j birds in the Dominion. Notes on •work done l>v boys’ and girls' apri- ( ultural clubs' in the Taranaki am. Wanganui districts last season are * vibaled bv Air d . W■ Deem. -''" otl "- r „f Air (!. H. Cttntdngbum’s series on the lung,lS diseases ol trail-trees a,.which a fleets l lie apple, pear. am i quince. The regular seasonal notes. d nrsVv i*:* in infjiiirios. v'<*atlu‘t' IvrMMW. t*ir.. c*n:nj>!«'to tho issu*'.