Vol. V. 



FRUIT FLIES. 



Part 5. 



(Registered at the General Post Office, Melbourne, for transniission by Vost as a Newspaper ] 



The great factors in increasing the fertility of Victorian lands 

 are— 



LIVE STOCK. 

 CULTIVATION. 

 PHOSPHORIC ACID. 



The following table indicates an advance in farming methods- 



LIVE STOCK IN VICTORIA. 



Horses 

 Dairy Cattle 

 Other Cattle 

 Sheep 

 Pigs 



1905 



372,379 



632,493 



1,053,483 



10,167,691 



286,070 



1906 

 385,513 

 649,100 

 1,088,590 

 11,455,115 

 273,682 



1907 

 406,840 

 701,309 

 1,103,014 

 12,937,440 

 220,452 



Every farmer should aim at improving the quality of his Horses 

 and Cattle, and doubling the number of his Sheep and Pigs. 



This can only be done by better feeding, which means more 

 cultivation. 



Now is the time to decide about Fallowing. 



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