Bulletins 1 - 2999
This series was alternatively listed as Leaflets or Bulletins from 1 to 2199, then consistently named Bulletins from 2200.
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Leaflet No 2024 - Mulesing and tail stripping. Proved measures for the control of crutch and tail strike in sheep
J Reilly
FOR many years, the losses from blowfly strike on the crutch and tail areas imposed a tremendous economic burden on the Merino sheep industry in Australia. Today, the modified Mules operation and the tail-strip treatment have provided a convincing answer to this menace. Breech wrinkles ... Read more
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Leaflet No 1000 - Rate of milking with machines - Further results from Western Australian herds
R. A. Bettenay
IN an earlier article by this Department (Vol. XXVI No. 2 PP. 99-104) some introductory remarks were made on a study being conducted on the rate of milking by machine, and preliminary findings were recorded. The conclusion was reached that the rate of milking on ... Read more
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Leaflet No 1003 - The Salt problem in the wheat belt
G. H. Burvill
IN the wheat belt of Western Australian bare patches in farm paddocks are often seen. Many are bare, or almost bare, because of too much salt in the soil. The excess of salt prevents the germination of seeds, or kills living plants, because it causes ... Read more
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Leaflet No 1001 - Aerial baiting for the control of the Little Plague Grasshopper (Austroicetes cruciata Sauss)
C. F. Jenkins
Aeroplanes have been tested for grasshopper control in many parts of the world during the last decade but the insecticides used have been in either dust or spray form.
The aerial distribution of bran bait is quite a recent development in overseas countries and was ... Read more
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Leaflet no 1002 - Swine Paratyphoid (Salmonellosis necrotic enteritis)
C R. Toop
Paratyphoid is an infectious disease of pigs which is likely to make it appearance wherever pig raising is practised.
It may occur in an acute septicaemic form which is often rapidly fatal and accompanied by serious mortality and in a sub-acute or chronic form known ... Read more
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Leaflet No 256 - Climbing Cut-worm or Tomato Moth (Chlorodea obsoleta)
L. J. Newman
During the past spring caterpillars of various kinds have been unusually prevalent. In some instances they have been so numerous as to constitute a plague.
The caterpillar most in evidence was the larva of the Climbing Cut-worm or Tomato Moth.
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Bulletin No 32 - Noxious weeds and poison plants
Department of Agriculture, Western Australia
Many settlers, new to this State, find some difficulty in distinguishing those vegetable pests which are classed as noxious weeds, the eradication of which is made compulsory under the Noxious Weeds Act of 1904.
In order to facilitate the ready recognition of the plants which ... Read more
