Index    Cover

Contents

Office bearers ... Page 5

Opening Address
RJ Noble, Under Secretary and Director, Dept of Agriculture ... Page 7

Presidential Address
F Hildred, Inspector of Stock, Goulburn ... Page 15

Glenfield Veterinary Research Station
G Edgar, Director, Glenfield ... Page 19

Our Early History
G Charles, Inspector of Stock, Carcoar ... Page 23

The Cattle Slaughtering & Diseased Animals & Meat Act, 1902-1947
WL Hindmarsh, Chief, Division of Animal Industry ... Page 32

Heliotrope Poisoning in Sheep
JC Keast, PP Board's Research Officer, Glenfield ... Page 40

Bent Leg in Lambs
G Edgar, Director of Veterinary Research, Glenfield ... Page 43

Stilboestrol Trial for Earlier Lambs
HR Peisley, Inspector of Stock, Warialda ... Page 47

Induction of Oestrus in Ewes Using Synthetic Oestrogen
G Charles, Inspector of Stock, Carcoar ... Page 57

Recent Advances in the Treatment of Internal Parasites
H McL Gordon, McMaster Laboratory, CSIR ... Page 58

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
WE Crogran, Inspector of Stock, Braidwood.. Page 73

An Outbreak of Tetanus in Merino Rams
AA Doust, Inspector of Stock, Yass .. Page 77

The Elastrator Method of Castrating and Tailing Lambs
JW Bennett, Millthorpe and JC Beardwood, Inspector of Stock, Bathurst .. Page 79

Infant Lamb Mortalities
G Charles, Inspector of Stock, Carcoar .. Page 84

Relics in Our Old Backyard
JN McCulloch, Inspector of Stock, Wentworth ... Page 86

Trichomoniasis in Cattle
JT Hayston, PP Board's Research Officer, Glenfield ... Page 88

Obscure Lameness in Cattle
EG Lowe, Inspector of Stock, Coonamble ... Page 91

A Peculiar Condition in Jersey Calves
EA Lucas, Inspector of Stock, Maitland ... Page 93

Sterility in Cattle
HER Beattie, Veterinary Research Officer, Glenfield ... Page 95

Botulism in Wild Birds
EA Farleigh, Inspector of Stock, Gundagai ... Page 101

Destruction of Wild Life
VP Freeman, Inspector of Stock, Gloucester ... Page 103

Our Most Serious Rural Problem and Its Administrative Control
ES Rogers, Inspector of Stock, Deniliquin ... Page 105

Rabbits
TR Jones, Inspector of Stock, Forbes ... Page 109

The Rabbit Menance
GJ O'Neill, Inspector of Stock, Condobolin ... Page 111

Flying Doctor Base - Shortwave Station 8SK
JE Cantello, Inspector of Stock, Broken Hill ... Page 114

Marsupial Reproduction
HER Beattie ... Page 118

Control of Dingoes in NSW
WJ Smith, Field Officer, PP Board Section, Dept of Agriculture ... Page 123

The Prismatic Compass and Service Protractor
G Charles, Inspector of Stock, Carcoar ... Page 125

Pertinent Queries ... Page 129