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Mr. G.H. Burvill Appointed Assistant Director Of Agriculture, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

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

One of Western Australia's best-known agricultural scientists, Mr. G. H. Burvill, has been appointed to the new position of Assistant Director of Agriculture in the Western Australian Department of Agriculture.

A short introduction.

Sheep Programmes For Esperance Settlers With Limited Finance, R J. Doyle, G. D. Oliver

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

FARMING in the Esperance region has now passed through the phase of experimentation into the phase of consolidation.

But not all new settlers are prosperous.

On occasions, a lifetime ambition to own and operate a farm has ended in failure because the settler has been forced through economic circumstances to give up his block.

Too often this follows the unequal struggle of trying to develop a block with too little capital.

New Soils Chief Appointed, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

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

The appointment of Mr. S. T. Smith to the position of Commissioner of Soil Conservation and Chief of the Soils Division in the Department of Agriculture was announced last month.

Forty Years Of Progress In W.A. Animal Industries : Chief Veterinary Surgeon Retires, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

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

THE Department of Agriculture's Chief Veterinary Surgeon and Chief Inspector of Stock, Mr. C. R. Toop, retired on May 16 after 40 years service to the Department and the State.

THE Department of Agriculture's new Chief Veterinary Surgeon is Dr. M. R. Gardiner.

Recording Figures Are No Check On Factory Returns, R A. Bettenay

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

MANY dairy farmers who use Grade Herd Recording are in the habit of comparing their Grade Herd Recording results with returns obtained from a factory.

Where the two returns show some discrepancy the inference drawn always appears to be that whichever credits the herd with the lower return is at fault—either "the recorder is not doing the job properly" or "the factory is robbing the farmer of his just returns."

Breeding Records For Dairy Cattle, P B. Lewis

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

A N Y business needs records to show up inefficiencies and to indicate where and/or when danger points are being reached.

One record which can be of much use to the dairy farmer is the cow breeding record.

Plant Pathologist Retires, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

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

The Chief of the Department of Agriculture's Biological Services Division, Mr. W. P. Cass Smith, retired from the Department on July 16 this year after many years of valuable service.

The New Director, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

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

The new Director, Dr. T. C. Dunne, was born in Fremantle where he received his primary and secondary education.

After winning a Government exhibition and the Henry Seeligson scholarship at the age of 16, he enrolled in the faculty of Agriculture in the University. He gained the degree of B.Sc. (Agric.) in 1925

Obituary : Richard Philip Roberts : 1906-1961, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

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

Richard Philip Roberts, M.Sc. (Agric), Officer-in- Charge, Rural Economics and Marketing Section of this Department, died 26th August, aged 55 years, while spending the weekend with relatives and friends at his holiday house at Point Peron.

The New Deputy Director, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

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

Mr. Shier brings a wealth of experience to his new appointment. Prom Bunbury High School he entered the University of Western Australia as a cadet of this Department in 1922, and graduated as a Bachelor of Agriculture Science in 1926.

Department Of Agriculture Moved To South Perth, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

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

After more than half a century in the historic but time-worn building, one of few adorned with the British Government crest of the Lion and the Unicorn, on the Eastern side of government gardens in St George's Terrace, the Departmnet of Agriculture has been transfred to a new location in South Perth.

Animal Division Moves To South Perth, Department Of Agriculture, Western Australia

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

THE Animal Division of the Department of Agriculture — which includes the Veterinary Branch, the Animal Health and Nutrition Laboratories and the Poultry Branch—was transferred to new premises at Jarrah Road, South Perth, early in July.