THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



8 MA.R,CII, 1907. 



CONTENTS. 



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The Outlook for Agriculture ... ... ... ... T.Cherry ... 129 



The Proclaimed Plants of Victoria — Cape Broom 



A. J. E wart and J. R. Tovey 



Improvement in Horse Breeding — Report by Mr. S. 0. Wood 



Soundness in Horses ... ... ... ... ... S. S. Cameron 



Ducks for Export ... ... ... ... ... A. Hart 



Export of Eggs ... ... ... ... ...P. T. Pep par d 



Report on the Harvest Returns of Wheat Varieties — 



Northern Experimental Fields, 1906-7 ... ... F.E.Lee 



Garden Notes — The Gladiolus .. ... ... J. Cronin 



Description of Apple — Newtown Pippin ... ... J.Lang 



•Grant to Agricultural Societies 



Statistics — Exports of Perishable and Frozen Produce ... R. Crowe 



Artificial Manures Acts— Supplementary List of Unit 



Values, Season 1907 ... ... ... ... W. P. Wilkinson 



Cheese Competition at the A.N. A. Exhibition .. ... J. G. McMillan 



The Orchard ... ... ... . . ... J. Lang 



Publications issued by the Department ... ... inside front cover 



Answers to Correspondents ... ... ... ... inside hack cover 



Agricultural Education in Victoria ... ... ... bach cover 



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