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Item Some notes and some comments on Bureau history(BSES, 1970)The historical notes which follow are necessarily brief; and Bureau staff will find considerably more detail, on some aspects, in "Fifty Years of Scientific Progress" and in the Annual Reports and Technical Communications which have been published. These notes are of a general nature; they do not pretend to be a history. History has a habit of being mislaid or forgotten if not put down on paper; the problem is to find time to collate and record the material. Considerable reference has been made to our Annual Reports; some of the very early information has come from Government files; and, in the more recent decades, there has been some dependence on memory - with all the dangers which that implies. Bureau staff have reason to be proud of their organiaation - it is the best of its kind in the cane sugar world. This eminence has not been achieved easily; and the credit goes to its individual staff members over the past seventy-one years, to its organization and administration, to the team work and dedication of the entire group, and to the industry which has so loyally supported it. Norman J, King. Director.Item The cane growers' quarterly bulletin : special issue farm bulletin no.13(BSES, 1962) Young, HEA weed can be defined as an unwanted plant, or as a plant growing in the wrong place. Plants which are useful in their right places become weeds if they grow where they are not wanted. Guinea grass for instance is a useful plant in a grazing paddock but a bad weed in a canefield. Some plants are weeds wherever they grow, because they are a nuisance in useful land, or are harmful to the health of man or livestock. Weeds in sugar cane fields cost the grower money. When these pests are controlled better crops are produced which are also less expensive to harvest. Weeds compete with crops for water, sunlight and mineral nutrients. They increase costs of labour and equipment, reduce the quantity and quality of the product, and harbour diseases, insects and other pests. They are amongst the greatest obstacles to mechanizing production completely. Better burns, lower cutting costs and improved surface drainage result from a good weed control programme. At least half the cultivation which is required is on account of weeds. It has been estimated that the economic loss clue to weeds on farms is greater than that caused by insects and diseases combined. A good weed control programme includes the use of good cultivation methods as well as chemicals. The use of chemicals alone cannot be expected to give the best results. Most weeds of cultivated land mature and produce seed before the crop in which they grow is harvested.Item Seventy five years of scientific progress, 1900-1975(BSES Limited, 1975)