Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3
The Bureau of Agriculture was established in 1894. In 1898 the activities of the Bureau were placed under the control of the Minister for Lands and named the Department of Agriculture. The Bureau of Agriculture then became the Department of Agriculture in April 1898. The Department of Agriculture was renamed the Department of Agriculture and Food, WA (DAFWA) in April 2006.
The journal was published in four series, Series 1 commencing in 1899. This is the third series, 1952 - 1955. Publication of the Journal of Agriculture has now ceased.
Issue: Volume 8, Number 1
January- February,1959
Front Matter
Articles
The home tanning of hides and skins
J. A. Mallett
Organised drives will control foxes
J. S. Crawford and A. G. Veitch
Copper poisoning in sheep
H. W. Bennetts
Weed control in peas
G. A. Pearce
Insect pest and their control - Pink wax scale
C.F. H. Jenkins
The cultivation of lettuce
W. H. Kooyman
Silage competition, 1957-58
H. G. Elliott
Flax as a rotation crop in the higher rainfall areas of Western Australia
H. G. Elliott and F. E. Ryan
The rabbit population in W.A.
A. R. Tomlinson
Farm and Home - Some on-the-spot ideas
Brenda Cleeve
"Pink-eye" in cattle
C. R. Toop
Dry-pickling seed wheat
W. P. Cass Smith
Mineral supplements for Kimberley cattle
W. M. Nunn
Linen flax in Western Australia
H. G. Elliott
The storage of Granny Smith apples
F. Melville
Some recent rural radio talks
T. Watchel, H. G. Cariss, P. Beck, R. H. Morris, K. Needham, J. P. Fallon, H. G. Elliot, J. Cripps, P. N. Forte, H. Maslin, D. C. Mickle, A. H. Hobbs, and G. W. Scott
List of registered fertilisers, 1958-59
H. G. Cariss
Editor: J.A. Mallett
Cover picture: Melaleuca scabra, sometimes known as "Warru" bush" Is an attractive shrub which grows to about 3ft. in height and bears a profusion of pinkish-purple flowers. It is a member of the tea-tree family and is found in gravelly and sandy soils from Watheroo in the north, eastward as far as Merredin and southward to Israelite Bay.