8 March. 1907.] Grant to Agricultural Societies. 



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Practical Poultry P>reeding and Management. 



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



otherwise. 



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



HoAV to select stock. 



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



export — modes of crossing. 



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



5. Poods 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 years. (Illustrated with 90 lantern slides.) 



Agricultural Engineering. 



1. Water conservation. 



2. Irrigation. 



3. Drainage. 



4. Surveying and measuring. 



5. Levelling and setting out. 



6. Silo constructiion, 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. 



ib) Lectures on Agricultural Subjects. — Many of the lectures are 

 illustrated by limelight views. The hall, advertising, &c., must be pro- 

 vided locally, free of cost, but all other charges are borne by the Depart- 

 ment . 



The course shall consist of at least four lectures or practical demon- 

 strations during the vear, and the Society must take sufficient interest in 

 the m.atter to insure "a good attendance. It is requested that application 

 be made as earlv as possible, so as to permit of a complete syllabus being 

 drawn up, and the subjects of most interest to the district are to be men- 

 tioned. The Department will arrange for the lecture to be delivered as 



