THE JOUKNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



8 ^XJaXJST, ±oo^. 



CONTENTS. 



PASS 



Experimental Farms—No. 1, Wyuna ... ... A. S. Keinjon ... 449 



The Elements of Animal Physiology — 



VIII.— Animal Heat .. ... ... ... "'■ A. 04wrne ... 462 



Lameness in Horses — continued ... ... ■■. •"''. S. Cameron ... 468 



Pit\h Convention of the Victorian Chamber of Agriculture, June, 19(J/ — 



I. —Present Day Problems of Agriculture ... .. T. Cherry ... 478 



II. —Possil)ilities and Limitations of Veterinary .Science IT. T. Kendal L ... 484 



III.— The Soil : Considered as the Farmer's Chief Asset F.E.Lee ... 490 



Garden Notes-The Violet and the Pansy ... ... J. Crouin ... 494 



The Proclaimed Plants of Victoria — The Chinese Scrub 



A. J. Eirart awl J. H. Tovejj ... 498 



Orant to Agricultural Societies ... ... ... ... E. O. Duff us ... 498 



Silos and Silage ... ... ... ... •■■ -L .*>'. Kenyon . . 499 



Cheap Motor Power on the Farm ... ... ... J. M. B. Connor ... .'iOg 



Statistics — 



Rainfall in Victoria ... ... ... ... ... P. Barucchi ... 510 



E.xports of Peiisliable ard Frozen Produce ... P. J. Carroll ... 511 



Imports and Exports of Fruit, Plants, Bulbs, Crain, &c. J. (f. Turner ... 511 



The Orchard ... ... ... ... ■•■ ... •/. Laug ... 512 



Journal of Agriculture — Copyright Provisions and Sul)scription Rates in.nde front cover 



Answers to Correspondents ... ... ■•■ ■ inside front cover 



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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Cool Ch.\mber. — Di.^mond Creek asks (i) The best way to make concrete walls for 

 an underground cool cliamber watertight, the proper quantities of materials, size of stones, 

 whether soft stone will answer; and what thickness should the concrete be for walls 8 feet 

 high? (2) Which is the best explosive for blowing out old stumps of trees, and how placed? 



Answer. — (i) It is difficult to make any underground wall watertight in wet ground, 

 unless of an impracticable thickness. A brick and cement wall, 9 inches thick, with a" 4^ 

 inches wall some few inches in from it, and the space filled up with well-rammed tarred sand, 

 should prove effective. If of cement concrete, make the wall 6 inches thick at to]) and 

 12 inches at the bottom, with flooring 6 inches thick. The article on "The Use of Concrete" 

 in last month's Journal will give the rest of the rer|uired information. If by soft rock is 

 meant a schist or sandstone working down into a cla\ey mud, it is not good enough. '■ 1) 

 Rickarock, dynamite, gelignite, en blasting powder. Bore a hole about 2 inches in diameter 

 belaw the butt into the parts where the roots branch out. Charge ^ to ^ lb. dynamite. 

 Detonators and fuse are required. Great care has to be exercised in doing anv work by ex- 

 plosives, and it is not recommended as especially economical for removing stumps. 



[Continued on inside back cover.) 



