84 Agricultural Journal of Victoria. 



Large Clips. — Picking up. Skirting, Rolling, Classing, Pressing, 

 Branding. 



Small or Farmer's Clips. — Botli Large and Small Clips Demon- 

 strated by Wool Samples. 



Poultry. 



Locality. — Its importance to successful raising of Poultry. 



Construction of Houses. — Aspect, wliicli plays a most important 

 part in poultry farming, Insect proof buildings, and how to cope with 

 Tick and other vermin that attack fowls. 



Selection of Stock. — Breeds that will bring top prices for export. 



Modes of Crossing, &c. — Egg producing breeds, the proper mating' 

 of the various breeds ; how many hens a Breeding Pen should consist 

 of and the proper ages of the sexes. 



How to Produce a greater percentage of Cockerels for export, also 

 to produce a large percentage of Pullets if required. 



The Importance of Proper Foods to successful Poultry Culture and 

 a practical demonstration of How to Mix. 



The Tmportance of the Kitchen Garden as an essential to success, 

 and Green Foods required by Stock. The part they play in building- 

 up the tissues of Young Stock. 



The Great Necessity of Grit for the Gizzard's proper work (demon- 

 strated) . 



Changes of Season as affecting Stock. 



What should be Done to Keep Away Diseases in Poultry — their 

 cause and cure. 



Breeding from Diseased or Deformed Stock. 



Dates for Hatching in Northern and Southern parts of Victoria. 



Incubation by Hen or Machine. 



Causes of Dead Chicks in Shell and How to Avoid. 



How to Discover if Tick is on your Farm and a Certain Remedy 

 for Eradicating the Pest cheaply. 



Practical Demonstrations in Poultry Dressing. 



Theoretical Chemistry. 



The Province of Chemistry ; Physics and Chemistry compared ; 

 Chemical Combination and Mechanical Mixture ; The Causes of 

 Chemical Action ; The Different Kinds of Chemical Action ; Compounds 

 and Elements; Names and Symbols; Formulae and Equations; 

 Weight Proportions in the Union of Elements ; Law of Constant 

 Proportions ; Atomic Molecular Theory ; Density 'of Bodies in a 

 State of Gas ; Volume Proportions in the Union of Gases ; Avogadro's 

 Law ; Nature of Acids ; Bases and Salts. 



The Chemistry of the following Elements and their Compounds, as 

 being of primary importance from an Agricultm-al aspect, will receive 

 particular attention : — Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon, 

 Sulphur, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Calcium, Magnesium, Iron, 

 Manganese, Aluminium, Silicon, Chlorine, Fluorine, Boron, Barium. 



