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    Papers on cane culture, disease and pest control : farm bulletin no. 2
    (BSES, 1931) Kerr, HW; Bell, AF; Mungomerey, RW
    "Papers...read at the Second Annual Conference of the Queensland Society of Sugar-cane Technologists in March 1931, at Bundaberg, by officers of the Bureau." Fertilizers and their use/H.W. Kerr -- Tillage and cultivation/H.W. Kerr -- Sugar-cane diseases/Arthur F. Bell -- Cane breeding and its relation to disease control/Arthur F. Bell -- The present status of control of some Queensland sugar-cane pests
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    Farm fertility trials; results for the 1931 season : farm bulletin no. 3
    (BSES, 1932) Kerr, HW
    The first set of farm fertility trials was harvested during 1930, and the results therefrom were reported in Farm Bulletin No. 1. Many of the trials were re-fertilized at ratooning time-the treatments, in most cases, being identical with those applied to the plant crop. In addition, a new series of trials was set out on selected farms, and the results of all experiments harvested during 1931 ( both plant and ratoon crops), are included in the present pamphlet.
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    Farm fertility trials; results for the 1930 season : farm bulletin no. 1
    (BSES, 1931) Kerr, HW
    During the past milling season the first series of farm fertility trials was harvested. In all twenty-nine experiments were carried through successfully; these were distributed throughout the cane areas from Mossman to Nambour. The returns from these experiments provide us with some very useful information, and our results must be regarded as quite satisfactory. With the progress of time many of the minor defects from which the earlier trials have suffered will be eliminated, and the quality of the results should be improved as a consequence.
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    Farm fertility trials; review of the work of experiment stations results for the 1932 season : farm bulletin no. 7
    (BSES, 1933) Kerr, HW
    In presenting the results of the Farm Fertility Trials harvested during 1932, advantage is taken of the opportunity to review also the work of the past year on the Northern, Central, and Southern Ex1periment Stations. The results of plot experiments harvested on these Stations have already been recorded in the Annual Report of the Director, but as certain of them are of special interest, a detailed discussion of their more valuable features is again presented . Attention is directed particularly to those trials which aimed at determining the manurial value of molasses, and the possibilities of irrigation in those areas which are at present dependent on natural rainfall.
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    Soils in their relationship to sugar cane culture; a series of 4 radio lectures from 4QG, June, 1932 : farm bulletin no. 5
    (BSES, 1932) Kerr, HW
    In its broad meaning soil is that friable upper layer of the earth composed for the most part of mineral matter resulting from the breaking up and decay of rocks. It is thus the product of rock weathering, brought about by the action of the destructive forces of nature. These forces include the stresses set up in the rock mass due to alternate heating and cooling and the action of running water as an abrasive agent, assisted by the sand and gravel which it carries along. In cooler regions the water which enters the cracks of the rock may become frozen, and the force exerted in this way tends further to open up the cracks and hasten the break-down of the rock. Under humid tropical conditions the rock decay is effected chiefly by the chemical action of water, aided by gases such as oxygen and carbonic acid which it carries in solution. The products of decay of vegetation are frequently acid substances which also exert a solvent influence.
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    Value of different forms of lime; intensive cane production : farm bulletin no. 6
    (BSES, 1933) Kerr, HW; Von Stieglitz, CR; Ker, HW; Barke, EJR
    Title one: Early records show that the value of lime as a soil improver was known to agriculturists over 800 years ago, and its use has persisted as a standard practice through the intervening centuries. It is only quite recently, however, that its true functions have been clearly understood. Lime is, strictly speaking, an essential plantfood, and in its r;omplete absence the soil is quite sterile. The relative needs of various plant species for this nutrient vary widely, however. Lucerne and many other legumes appear to thrive only in soils abundantly provided with this plantfood. Sugar-cane, on the other hand, is not a lime-loving plant, and the employment of lime on the cane soils of the State must be traced to its virtues in other important respects.