THE JOURISTAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



9 DECEMBER, 10O7'. 



CONTENTS. 



PAOB 



Grading and Levelling (coHii/twerf) ... ... ... A. S. Kenyan ... 705 



First Progress Report on Viticulture in Europe (continued) F. de Castella ... 712 



Insect Fests in Foreign Lands (cwi^i/ntecZ) ... ... W. W. Froggatt ... 716 



Tlie Proclaimed Plants of Victoria— The African Box-thorn 



.4. J. Ewart and J. R. Tovey ... 720 



Orchard Pests and Diseases ... ... ... A. A. Ha^nmond ... 721 



The Fruit Export Trade ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 72? 



Garden Notes— The Amaryllis ... ... ... ... J. Cronin ... 72-i 



Sand Mounds on Lawns ... ... ... ... T. W. Fockett ... 72S 



Rhubarb Cultivation ... ... ... ... ... J. Cronin ... 729 



Export of Victorian Cheese ... ... ... ... ... ... 731 



Fifth Convention of the Victorian Chamber of Agriculture — 



VI. — Some Law (as it more particularly affects Farmers) 



(cr.ntinued) ... ... ... ... J. W. Foiver ... 733 



Foul Brood of Bees (cwi<i»me(ij ... ... ... ... F. Beuhne ... 73.5 



.Seed Table for Seedsmen, Farmers, and Market Gardeners A. J. Ewai't ... 737 



The Pumpkin Beetle ... ... ... ... C. French, Jun. ... 743 



The Orchard ... ... ... ... ... ... J. Lang ... 744 



The Apple Trade with Great Britain and Germany ... B. Meeking ... 745 



lOxamination of Stallions ... ... ... ... S. S. Cameron ... 749 



Border Leicester Sheep ... ... ... ... H. W.Ham ... 759 



The Elements of Animal Physiology — 



X. — Digestion and Absoiption (continued) ... W. A. Osborne ... 761 

 Diseases of Farm Animals — 



Diseases of the Urinary Organs ... ... S. S. Cameron ... 765 



Journal of Agriculture — Copyright Provisions and Subscription Rates in-^ide front cover 



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



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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Protrusion of Egg Passage. — H.W. states that two of his Legfhom hens have died through 

 protrusion of the egg passage. The fowls are fed on pollard, bread, and wheat, with cooked 

 and raw meat three times a week. Plenty of green feed and grit is provided. 



Answer. — The trouble is usually met with in old fowls, and is largely due to overfeeding, 

 especially on those foods which produce fat, such as pollard, bread, and wheat. It often occurs 

 after a fowl has laid an inordinately large eeg. The parts protruding should be gently returned, 

 and astringents, such as weak solution of alum, chloride of zinc, or even cold water, applied to 

 li;irts. Feed on soft milk foods only, remove affected birds from present quarters, in order to 

 llr.ow them "off the lay" and cease adding meat to ration. Give the following tonic, viz. : 

 S, drops of sulphuric acid (poison), and 2 oz. of sulphate of iron to 2 gallons water. Let all 

 the birds drink from the same vessel. To prevent the ailment, feed on short oats in lieu of 

 wheat, and always add bran to pollard. 



(C ontinjied on inside back cover.) 



