Index    Cover

Contents

Office Bearers ... Page 3

List of Inspectors and Districts ... Page 5

Opening Address
WA Chaffey, MLA, Minister for Agriculture ... Page 9

Presidential Address
MR Barry, Veterinary Inspector, Albury ... Page 11

Conference Address
G Edgar, Director-General of Agriculture, NSW ... Page 13

Pasture Utilisation
FHW Morley, Division of Plant Industry, CSIRO ... Page 19

Optimum Stocking Rates and the Economics of Improved Pastures
EJ Waring, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Canberra ... Page 21

Visit to Veterinary Research Station, Glenfield
... Page 30

Clincial and Post-Mortem Findings in the Diagnosis of Newcastle Disease
CAW Jackson, VRO, Glenfield ... Page 30

Change in the Response of the Primary Sheep Blowfly of Organophosphorous Insecticides
GJ Shanahan, Special Entomologist NSW Dept of Agriculture ... Page 35

The Fluorescent Antibody Technique (FAT)
D Helwig, Special Veterinary Research Officer, Glenfield ... Page 38

The Work of the Ian Clunies Ross Animal Research Laboratory ... Page 40

1 Introduction
RA Ayre-Smith ... Page 40

2 Seasonal Variation in Wool Growth
OB Williams ... Page 42

3 Reproduction
BP Setchell and M Radford ... Page 43

4 Nutrition Research
JP Hogan ... Page 44

What Have We Learnt from the 1965 Drought ? ... Page 45

1 Observations in the Armidale District
FL clarke and NJ Campbell ... Page 45

2 Observations in the Gloucester District
RE Moore ... Page 49

3 Observations in the Dubbo District
PL Green ... Page 54

4 Observations in the Cooma-Bombala Districts (Southern Tablelands)
RC Denyer ... Page 57

5 General Observations
P McGuiness, Glenfield ... Page 59

6 Discussion
G Charles ... Page 64

Whip Worm (Trichuris ovis) in Sheep
EA Farleigh, Veterinary Inspector, Glen Innes ... Page 70

Acute Phalaris tuberosa Poisoning in Sheep
EA Farleigh, Veterinary Inspector, Glen Innes ... Page 71

Field Observations on Moniezia expansa Infestations in Sheep
G Charles, Veterinary Inspector, Forbes ... Page 74

Paraphistomiasis
JC Beardwood,Veterinary Inspector, Camden ... Page 76

Aspects of the Life of Alexander Bruce (1827-1903), First Chief Inspector of Stock, New South Wales (1864-1902)
EJ McBarron, and the late HR Seddon ... Page 77