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The Department of Agriculture and Stock was established on 1/1/1904 and abolished on 26/9/1963.

It was a Queensland Government department responsible for agricultural development, research and education, and disease control.

The department was part of multiple portfolios from 1 July 1904 to 26 September 1963.

Establishment
In 1904 the Agriculture Department and the Stock Branch ceased to operate as separate entities, the Stock Branch was fully integrated into the department, and the name changed to the Agriculture and Stock Department.

Portfolios
The department has been part of Ministerial portfolios as follows:

Abolition
The Department of Agriculture and Stock was abolished on 26 September 1963.

Function
The agency had the following responsibilities:
 * The primary production responsibilities of the Agriculture and Stock Department included the following functions and activities:
 * land utilisation, soil conservation, irrigation, artificial breeding (1955), pest and disease control,
 * cold storage and transportation of fresh agricultural produce, quarantine, markets, supervision and inspection of exports,
 * sale of seed, agricultural experimentation, Sugar Experiment Stations, State Farms, promotion of agricultural products,
 * registration of livestock, encouragement of meat and dairy industries - and other industries including tobacco
 * agricultural education support,
 * subsidisation of agricultural societies,
 * preparation of agricultural statistics and development of standards,
 * the State Nursery, the Agricultural College (to 1923), Herbarium and Botany Branch, Botanic Gardens, Queensland Museum, the Agricultural Bank
 * In 1905 responsibility for fauna preservation was transferred to the Department, and over time other branches and functions were also added including the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations c. 1901, and a Publicity Branch, created c. 1920, which took over the publication of the "Agricultural Journal" (published from 1897); art works and photographs related to primary industries were produced for this and other publications.
 * In the post-World War II period, the Department was actively involved in land use and development projects, often in conjunction with the Lands Department.

Agencies controlled

 * State Farms 1904 -
 * Stock Foods, Pure Seeds, Pests Destroyers and Fertilizers Branch 1922 -
 * Marketing Branch 1927
 * State Emergency Supply Committee 1941 - 1945

The department controlled 30 governmental bodies as follows:

Administered Acts
The department executed its functions and responsibilites via various Acts and regulations. Acts administered by the department included:


 * Marsupials Destruction Acts
 * Native Birds Protection Act
 * Diseases in Stock Acts
 * Diseases in Sheep Acts
 * Brands Act 1898
 * Meat and Dairy Produce Encouragement Act 1893
 * Dairy Act Diseases in Plants Act 1896
 * Slaughtering Act 1898
 * Agricultural Bank Act 1901
 * Agricultural bank Amendment Act 1904
 * Regulation of Cane Sugar Prices Act 1915
 * Wheat Pool Act 1920
 * Primary Producers' Organisation Act 1922
 * Fruit Marketing Organisation Act 1923
 * Primary Producers' Organisation and Marketing Act 1926

Administrative structure
In 1904, the office of the Agriculture and Stock Department under a Secretary (or Minister) for Agriculture comprised: an Under-Secretary for Agriculture who also acted as Chief Inspector of Stock and Sheep, Registrar of Brands, and Inspector under the Diseases in Plants Act; a Chief Clerk who acted as Deputy Chief Inspector of Stock and Sheep; Deputy Registrar of Brands and Secretary of Board of Stock Commissioners; other departmental officers included an Agricultural Chemist, Instructor in Fruit Culture, Colonial Botanist, Government Entomologist and Vegetable Pathologist, Tobaco Expert, Dairy Expert, Inspectors under the Diseases in Plants Act, Inspectors of Stock, Poultry Lecturer, Instructor in Tropical Agriculture, Artist and Photographer. In 1945, the Department was reorganised and its various branches were grouped into divisions according to their activities: Administration, Animal Industry, Plant Industry, Land Utilisation, Dairying and Fisheries, and Marketing. Following a change of State Government, the Department was renamed, on 26 September 1963, the Department of Primary Industries (disambiguation).

Attribution
Category:Former government departments of Queensland Category:1904 establishments in Australia Category:Government agencies established in 1904 Category:1963 disestablishments in Australia Category:Government agencies disestablished in 1963