Index. 



Pear- 

 Black Spot of ... ... 184, 648 



Blossoms, Pollination of ... i 



Slug .. ... ... ... 669 



Sterility in Fruit Trees ... ... 10 



Stocks ... ... ... ... 368 



Pears, Record Shipment of 190, 357 



Pescott, E. E.— 



Asparagus ... ... ... 446 



Citrus Fruit Culture ... 371, 515 



Improvised Motor Spraying ... 823 



Nomenclature of Fruit ... ... 663 



Onion Culture ... ... 65 



Orchard and Garden Notes 62, 106, 



205, 288, 334, 398, 486, 529, 648, 668, 



762, 821 



Pollination of Pear Blossoms ... i 



Supplementary List of Fruit Trees 



grown at Burnley ... ... 336 



Phosphoric Acid in Relation to Aus- 

 tralian Soils and Vegetation ... 71 



Pigs- 

 Death of Young ... ... 213 



Feeding Sow with Litter... 424, 719 



Kidney Worms ... ... ... 214 



Lice ... ... ... ... 213 



Non-Pregnancy ... ... ... ctq 



Plants- 

 Absorption of Food Substances and 



Poisons through Leaves ... 619 

 Identification of ... 295,581,845 

 Vernacular Names of Victorian 383, 532 



Plum — 



A Prolific ... ... ... 290 



Stocks ... ... ... ... 483 



Poison Plants — 



Lobelia -pratioides ••• ... 582 



Isotoma -fluviatilis ... ... 581 



Poisons, Absorption of, through 



Leaves ... ... ... ... 619 



Pollination of Pear Blossoms ... i 



Potatoes — 



Abnormal Growths of ... ... 442 



Blight, Prevention of, by Spray- 



^.ing. 126,378 



Diggmg Rates ... ... ... 504 



Exceptional Growth of ... ... 444 



Experimental Fields, 1910-11 ... 630 



Experiments at Cheltenham ... 171 



Pitting ... ... ... 504 



"Red-Skin" ... ... ... 134 



Stable Manure for ... ... 134 



Tomatoes and Irish Blight ... 379 



Traying Seed ... ... 172, 321 



Poultry- 

 Burnley Egg-laying Competition, 



1911-12 283, 564, 653, 700, 768, 820 



Caponizing Cockerels ... ... 504 



Carbide Waste, Effect of, on Eggs 719 



Duck Farming, Profitable ... 785 



Feeding for Egg Production ... 215 



Geese on the Farm ... ... 45 



Manure ... ... ... 655 



Mating Fowls ... ... ... 718 



Table Breeds ... ... ... 215 



Turkeys, Death of ... ... 719 



Pregnancy, Non-, of Sows ... 579 



Preserving — 



Apple Drying ... ... ... 580 



French Prunes ... ... ... 809 



Fruit ... ... ... ... 100 



Pridham, J. T.— 



Experimental Work at Longerenong 

 Agricultural College ... ... 151 



Field Experiments with Wheat 

 Diseases ... ... ... 250 



Fruit Trees — 



... 338,644,657 



Propagation of 



Budding 



Cultivation 



Drainage 



Dwarfing 



Grafting 



Material 



Planting 



Site 



Soil 



Stocks ... 



Trimming Stocks 

 Prunes, French 

 Pruning 

 Publications — 



Destructive Insects 

 Part V. 



Orchard 



Sheep 

 Pumpkins and Dairyin 

 Purging ... 

 Pye, H.— 



Improvement of 

 Suggestions for 

 Quince Stocks 

 Rabbit Destruction 

 Radio-active Minerals 



on Wheat ... ... 



Rainbow Farm Competitions 

 Rainfall in Victoria 135, 359 



Rain Trees 



343 



342 



829 



338, 758, 824 



339 

 361 

 340 

 341 

 364, 482, 522 

 642 

 809 

 134, 399 



of Victoria 



Cereals- 

 Farmers 



Some 



Influence of, 



402 



135 

 719 



691 



504 



256 

 369 



134 



••• 155 



... 36 



583, S46 



234 



Rape ... ... ... 87,295,655 



Reed, J. M.— 



Victorian Tree Planting Competi- 

 tion, 1912-15 ... ... ... 721 



Regulations — • 



E.xamination of Stallions ... 266 



Grant to Agricultural Societies ... 209 



Reminders for — 



January ... ... opp. 848 



February ... ... opp. 64 



March ... ... ... opp. 136 



April ... ... ... opp. 216 



May ... ... ... opp. 296 



June ... ... ... opp. 360 



July ... ... ... opp. 424 



August ... ... ... opp. 504 



- September ... ... opp. 584 



October ... ... opp. 656 



November ... ... ... 720 



December ... ... ... 784 



Reports — 



Competitions 36, 90, 92, 158, 326, 330 

 Government Certification of Stal- 

 lions ... ... ... 260 



Rhubarb ... ... ... ... 783 



Ringbone ... ... ... ... 719 



