Index    Cover

Contents

Office bearers ... Page 5

Opening Address
WF Sheahan, Minister for Lands ... Page 7

Presidential Address
F Hildred, Inspector of Stock, Goulburn ... Page 11

Epidemiology - An Interesting Field for the Inspector of Stock
WL Hindmarsh, Chief, Division of Animal Industry, NSW ... Page 15

Glenfield Veterinary Research Station
G Edgar, Director, Glenfield ... Page 27

Relationship of Inspectors of Stock to District Veterinary Officers
EG McDonald, Senior Veterinary Surgeon, Div of Primary Industry ... Page 31

Duties of Inspectors of Stock
WJ Smith, Field Officer, PP Section, Dept of Agriculture ... Page 41

Points Concerning the PP Board Herbarium
EJ McBarron, Inspector of Stock, Albury ... Page 45

New Zealand Experiences
RP Gilder, Inspector of Stock, Coonabarabran ... Page 49

Dipping off Shears - a Hazardous Practice
G Edgar, Director of Veterinary Research ... Page 57

Losses Associated with Dipping in DDT
E Scott Rogers, Inspector of Stock, Deniliquin ... Page 59

Stilboestrol Trial for Earlier Lambs
HR Peisley, Inspector of Stock, Gundagai ... Page 61

Induction of Oestrus in Ewes Using Synthetic Oestrogen
G Charles, Inspector of Stock, Carcoar ... Page 69

Trombidiosis in Sheep in NSW
LAW McTier, Inspector of Stock, Moree ... Page 71

Carbon Tetrachloride Poisoning of Sheep
RE Fairfax, Inspector of Stock, Braidwood.. Page 73

Hail Damage to Sheep
EA Farleigh, Inspector of Stock, Walgett .. Page 74

Yellow Big-Head in Lambs
NH Litchfield, Inspector of Stock, Young .. Page 75

Common Ailments of Domestic Stock and Their Treatment
DC Blood, Lecturer in Veterinary Medicine, University of Sydney .. Page 77

Mycotic Dermatitis in Cattle in NSW
LAW McTier, Inspector of Stock, Moree .. Page 81

Keratitis in Vealers Following the Use of Phenothiazine
G Charles, Inspector of Stock, Carcoar .. Page 82

Nervous Disorders Associated with Roundworm in Horses
EJ McBarron, Inspector of Stock, Holbrook ... Page 83

Pig Raising Abroad
GMD Carse, Livestock Officer (Pigs), Division of Animal Industry ... Page 87

Tuberculin Testing of Pigs
KV Byrne, Inspector of Stock, Tamworth ... Page 95

Swine Dysentery
JE Cantello, Inspector of Stock, Broken Hill ... Page 97

Control of Stickfast Fleas by BHC and DDT Dusts
KV Byrne, Inspector of Stock, Tamworth... Page 102

Early Days in the Far West
FJ Madden, Inspector of Stock, Moss Vale ... Page 107

Locusts
TR Jones, Inspector of Stock, Forbes ... Page 119

Failure of Grasshopper Control in the Riverina
E Scott Rogers, Inspector of Stock, Deniliquin ... Page 121

Fodder Conservation
AR McNiven, Inspector of Stock, Port Macquarie ... Page 123