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Practical Poultry Breeding and Management. 



1. The poultry industry: its importance. Locality — suitability, or 



otherwise. 



2. Housing (construction of, materials, insect proof, aspect, &c.), how 



to select stock. 



3. Breeds: payable or otherwise, viz., eggs only. Breeds adopted for 



export — modes of crossing. 



4. Turkevs : their care and management. Chicken raising and care. 



5. Foods and feeding (practically demonstrated). 



6. Common ailments of poultry (with demonstrations when necessary). 



Incubation — natural and artificial. 

 Evening Lecture. — Descriptive of Victoria's progress during the last 

 three vears. (Illustrated with 90 new lantern slides.) 



Agricultural Engineering. 



1. Water conservation. 



2. Irrigation. 



3. Drainage. 



4. Surveying and measuring. 



5. Levellin,g and setting out. 



6. Silo construction, making and using silage. 

 Evening Lecture. — Irrigation in Victoria. 



Orchard and Garden Work. 



1. Fruit growing: sorts and localities. 



2. Manuring and cultivation. 



3. Pruning and management. 



4. Insect pests. 



5. Fungus diseases. 



6. The farmer's garden. 



Evening Lecture. — The fruit industry. 



Five of these lectures will be given in each course. The one considered 

 least important for local conditions will be omitted. 



The organization of the classes will be under the superintendence of 

 Mr. H. V. Hawkins. 



THE ORCHARD. 



James Lang, Harcoiirt. 

 The weather up till lately has been unusually cold for the time of year, 

 and consequenth fruit is rather backward. The summer may, however, 

 set in warm at any time, so that orchardists should be prepared by having 

 their orchards thoroughly cultivated and free from weeds ; the surface 

 should be kept as loose as possible by means of the scarifier. The spray- 

 ing for the codlin moth will require constant attention, as it is during 

 the months of January, and February, in the warmer districts, that the 

 second brood of grubs hatches. This is the brood that does the greatest 

 damage to the fruit, hence the necessity of spraying at every available 

 opportunity during the months mentioned. Bandages should be examined 

 regularly, and all grubs found destroyed. Orchardi.sts who contemplate 

 shipping a portion of their fruit to oversea markets should at once make 

 arrangements for cool chamljer space on board the different fruit-carrying 



