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Recent Senior Appointments In The Department Of Agriculture/ Pioneer Adviser Retires As Chief Of Wheat And Sheep Division, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

THE Department of Agriculture moves into the 1970s with many of its senior positions filled by officers appointed within the last few months of 1969. The new men replace personalities who have for many years dominated the agricultural scene in Western Australia—pioneers of scientific agriculture who, in their many years of service with the Department, helped to establish prosperous farming industries in many parts of the State. Later they were largely responsible for the tremendous agricultural development that took place from 1946 to 1969.

One of the Department of Agriculture's best known agricultural advisers was Mr. A. S. Wild, who …

How Many Acres Per Hour?, J G. Drever

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

MANY farm tractor operators don't know exactly how much land is covered in an hour by implements drawn by their tractors. This information, useful on any farm where tractors are used, is of particular value in contract work.

The capacity of the machine or implement, or in other words, its rate of working, depends on the width of the machine, how fast it travels, how efficiently it is operated and the time it works.

Senior Officers Retire : Dairying Chief, Soil Conservation Pioneer, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Mr. H. G. ELLIOTT, Chief of the Department of Agriculture's Dairy Division, retired in July after one of the longest careers in agricultural science in Western Australia.

As did Mr. L. C. LIGHTFOOT.

Mr. L. C. LIGHTFOOT, the first agricultural scientist to make a career of soil conservation in Western Australia, has retired after 23 years in the Department of Agriculture's Soil Conservation Service.