THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



8 ^FRIL, 1907. 



CONTENTS. 



Three Years' Progress in Agriculture ... ... ... T.Cherry 



Kendall's Emasculator ... 



Drainage and Irrigation ... ... ... ... A. S. Kenyan 



The Coach-whip Bird ... ... ... ... ... G. French 



Lameness in Horses ... ... ... ... S. S. Cameron 



Oarden Notes — The Petunia ... .. ... ... J. Cronin 



Tree Planting and Forest Preservation ... ... .. A. J. Ewart 



The Proclaimed Plants of Victoria — English Broom 



A. J. Eicart and J. R. Tovey 

 The Elements of Animal Physiology- — 



v.— The Proteins ... .".. ... .., If. A. Osborne 



Experimental Maize Plots at Colac ... ... ... F. E. Lee 



Report on the Harvest Returns of Special Wheat and Oat 



Experiments, 1906-7 ... ... ... ... F. E. Lee 



" Staggers," or " Forage Poisoning " in Horses ... /?. S. Cameron 



The Agricultural High School ... ... ... J. H. Betheras 



Take-all and its Control ... ... ... ... G. H. Rohinson 



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



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



Agricultural CI isses, 1907 ... ... ... ... ... hach cover 



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