JOURNAL OF AGRICULJURE.

Hokitika Guardian, 6 November 1923, Page 4

JOURNAL OF AGRICULJURE.

A lending feature of tlie (li t Amt issue ol - the .Journal of Agricnll lire is a review ol the opera l ions of lierd-test-ing associations throughout 1 1 1 ;■ Dominion for the RJ22-23 |,_ v Mr \y, .V. Singleton. Director of the Dairy Division. \';i!it;i!ii-• data a- to average yields. etc., are brought out and discussed. very cr< doable results being shown. Soils of Otago Peninsula arc dealt with by B. C. Aston in the light of e.nal.vses and surveys made in ret tit years. Another interesting article of the series on Birds and Agriculture (.1. CL Myers and L. Atkinson/ is published. the species dealt with being the Now Zealand kingfisher. cuckoos and parmts. In view of the overs as trade now developing, an article bv K. \V. (lorringe on the raising of .suitable bacon pigs for export is of timely importance. Notes on the Farmers’ field Competitions for last season in the Taranaki. Wanganui and Feildiug districts—a movement which has heroine

very popular—-are contributed by .1. W. Deem. Professor Woodruff's suggestive address on the ’Prevention of the Spread of Stork Diseases, given at the last Science Congress in Wellington, is printed in full. Among other matters are articles on Water Cement in Taxport- Butter, and Maize and Millet for Lamb-fattening. Tabulated ext rails from the complete Annual Sheep lieturns for 1923 show the movement in the various classes and breeds of sheep since last year. The monthly seasonal notes on all branches of agriculture, and other regular features, round off the issue.