THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



SEPTEMJ3EK, 190*7 



CONTE NTS. 



PA6E 



Lameness in Horses — continued ... ... ... S. S. Cameron ... 51 3 



Pasteurising Home Separator Cream ... ... )!'. -1. Nerlces .. 524 



Grading and hcveWing — continued ... ... ... A. S. Kenyon ... 528 



Guildford Grass, or Onion Grass ... ... ... ..A. J. Eicart ... 537 



Tire Proclaimed Plants of Victoria — St. Ban:aV)y's Thistle 



A. J . Eicart and J. R. Tovey ... 540 

 Garden Notes - The Anemone ... ... .. ... J. Croiiin ... .'")4I 



Poultry for I'^xport . ... ... .. ii. V. Hawkins ... 544 



Potato Experimental Fields, 1906-1907 ..- Cr- Seymour and /'. E. Lee ... 547 



Fifth I'onveution of the Victorian Chamber of Agriculture, June, 1907 — 



IV. — 'I he Importance of Tree Planting ... ... ... J. M. Reed .. 560 



V. — Pork Raising for Kxport ... ... .. ... W. Smith ... 563 



VI. — Some Law (as it more particularly affects Farmers) J. 11'. Power ... 569 

 Insanitary MjIIv Cans ... ... ... ... S. S. Cameron ... 575 



The Orchard ... ... ... ... ... ... J. Lang ... 576 



Journal of A yriculture — Copyright Provisions andSiib.scription Rates inside front cover 

 Publications issued by the l)epai tment ... ... ... hixhie front cover 



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



Dookie Agricultural College ... ... .. ... back cover 



l,ongerenong Agricultural College ... ... ... ... hack cover 



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