THE JOUI^NAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



8 NOA^EMBER, IQOT'. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Diseases of Farm Animals — 



Diseases of the Foot (continued) ... ... ... jS^. >S'. Cameron ... 641 



Potato Experimental Fields. — Imported Varieties ... G. Seymour ... 649 



Description of Apples — Scarlet Nonpareil ... ... J. Lanrj ... 654 



Artificial Manures Acts — 



.Supplementary List of Unit Values of Maimres, ] 907 W. P. Wilkinson ... 655 



Lisf, siiovving Results of Analyses of Samples collected 



in the Stale of Victoria ... ... ... W. P. Wilkinson ... 656 



Closer Settlement Studies — 



A Suhurhan Dairy Farm ... ... ... J. M. B.Connor ... 660 



Foul Krood of Bees ... ... ... ... ... R. Beahne ... 664 



Rape and Fodder Crops for Lamb-raising ... ... H. W. Ham ... 667 



< harden Notes— The Lily ... ... ... ... J. Cronin ... 669 



Farm Reports — 



Wyuna Irrigation Farm ... ... ... ... G. II. Tolley ... 673 



Heytcshury Farm ... ... ... ... ... 0. H. Call ... 675 



Notice to IiDiJorters, Manufacturers, Vendors, and Dealers 



in Artificial Manures ... ... ... ... ... 675 



Egg Production and Cool Storage ... ... ... H. V. Hanihins ... 676 



The Silver Dorking ... ... ... ... ... H. V. Hawkins ... 677 



The Proclaimed Plants of Victoria — The Ragwort 



A. J. EwartandJ. R. Tovey ... 680 



The Orchard ... ... ... ... ... ... /. Lang ... 681 



Insect Pests in Foreign Lands ... ... ... ... W. W. Froygatt ... 682 



The Elements of Animal Physiology — 



X. — Digestion and Absorption ... ... ... W. A. Osborne ... 686 



First Progress Report on Viticulture in Europe ... ... F. de Castella ... 694 



Scale of Charges, Uovernment Cool Stores ... ... ... ... 698 



An Exhibit of Farm Products ... ... ... ... T. Cherry ... 701 



Pure Lactic Acid Culture for Ripening Cream ... ... R. Crowe ... 702 



Statistics — 



Rainfall in Victoria ... .. ... ... P. Baracchi ... 703 



Exports of Frozen and Perishable Produce ... ... R. Croive ... 704 



Imports and P'xports of Fruit, Plants, Bulbs, Grain, &c. J. G. Turner ... 704 



Journal of Agricidtwre — Copyright Provisions and Subscription Rates inside front cover 



An.swers to Correspondents ... ... ... ... inside back cover 



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