THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



8 JULY, 1907. 



CONTENTS. 



/. G. Turner 



H. V. Hawkins 



E. Crowe 



R. T. Archer 



A. S. Kenyan 



J. G. McMillan 



S. S. Cameron 



J. Lang 



W. P. Wilkinson 



Fruit Export Season 1907 



Chicken Pox 



Dairy Produce Export Trade 



Overrun in Butter Factories 



The Use of Concrete for Silos and other Farm Buildings 



The Possibilities of Cheese Production in Victoria ... 



Lameness in Horses — continued 



The Orchard 



Artificial Manures Acts — 



Sup[jlementary List of Unit Values, 1907 



List showing Results of Analyses of Samples collected in the State 



W. P. Wilkinson 

 Wattle Growing ... ... ... ... ... A. Tatham 



Garden Notes — The Iris ... .. ... ... /. Cronin 



The Proclaimed Plants of Victoria — Blackberry Bramble 



A. J. Ewart and J. R. Tovey 

 Wheat and Wheat Breeding ... ... ... ... H. Pye 



Journal of Agriculture — Copyright Provisions and Subscription Rates i aside front 

 Answers to Correspondents ... ... ... ... inside front 



Agricultural Classes, 1907 ... ... ... ... ... back 



Uookie Agricultural College ... ... ... ... ... back 



Longerenong Agricultural College ... ... ... ... back 



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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



" Crippi.es." — Nux Vomica writes : — " Please state what is wrong with my cows. Symp- 

 toms : — Gradual loss of condition; excrements, hard balls covered with slime; weakness in 

 the limbs. Post-mortem appearances : — Stomachs contain a considerable quantity of undigested 

 food." 



Answer. — The symptoms given are the prominent ones in the affection widely known as 

 "Cripples" or the impaction phase of that complaint. The subject is fully dealt with in the 

 October, igo6, issue of the Journal. 



Lumpy J.\w, etc. — D.M. submits the following queries (i) What is the best treatment for 

 lumpy jaw? (2) What is the cause of a horse dragging nind toes on ground when trotting? 

 (3) Can a horse whose urine is continually dropping be successfully treated ? The horse in ques- 

 tion has been affected for over a year and is worse in cold weather. 



Answer. — (i) Lumpy jaw may be cured in mild cases by cutting out and dressing the 

 wound with iodine liniment at the same time griving doses (2 drams each) of iodide of potassium 

 in the food twice daily. (2) Horses with spavined hocks drag the toes and wear the front of 

 hoof wall. (3) There is an irritation of the urinary passa^^es for tb*j exact location of which ar- 

 examination would be necessary and without which it would be unsatisfactory to prescribe. 



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