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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 3
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.