TH^; JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENTM)F^AGRICULTURE. 



A. T. SHARP, Editor. 

 CONTENTS.— FEBRUARY, 1911. 



PAGB. 



Onion Culture ... ... ... ... ... ... E. E. Peacott 65 



Phosphoric Acid in Relation to Australian Soils and Vegetation T. Cherry 71 



Examination of Artificial Manures ... ... ... ... W. C. Rohertnon 75 



Tobacco Culture (co?t<m?ted) ... ... ... ... T. A. J. Smith 81 



Rape ... ... ... ... ... ... ... J. M. B. CovMor 87 



Maldon Dairy Herd Competition ... ... ... ... J. S. McFadzean 90 



Colac Dairy Farm Competition W. Kerr, A. E. McCure, and /. S. McFadzean 92 



Alcohol for Motive Power ... ... ... ... ... E. S. Holmes 94 



Dipping Bath and Yards for a Small Flock ... ... ... G.A.Sinclair 97 



Dinginess in Wool ... ... ... ... ... H. W.Ham 99 



Fruit Preserving ... ... ... ... ... ... A. Mendoza 100 



Introduciiig Queen Bees ... ... ... ... ... F. R. Beuhne 105 



Orchard and Garden Notes ... ... ... ... E. E. Pe-scott 106 



Pure Yeasts or " Levures " ... ... ... ... F. de Castdla 109 



Irrigation — Channel Outlets and Head Ditches ... ... G. H. Tolley 116 



Prevention of Potato Blight by Spraying ... ... ... D. Mc Alpine 126 



Answers to Correspondents ... ... ... ... ... ... 133 



Statistics— Quarter ending 31st December, 1910 — 



Rainfall in Victoria ... ... ... ... ... H.A.Hunt 135 



Exports and Deliveries of Perishable and Frozen Produce... R. Crowe 136 



Exports and Imports of Fruit, Plants, Bulbs, Grain, &c. ... J. G. Turner 136 



Journal of Agricidt'ure — Copyright Provisions and Subscription Rates inside front cover 



Publications issued l)y the Department of Agriculture ... in-'iide froid cover 



Reminders for March ... ... ... ... ... inside hack cover 



Agricultural Education in Victoria — 



Dookie Agricultural College ... ... ... ... ... bach cover 



Longerenong Agricultural College ... ... ... ... hack cover 



Burnley School of Horticulture ... ... ... ... hack cover 



Agricultural Classes, 1911 ... ... ... ... ... hack cover 



Lectures on Agricultural Subjects, 1911 ... ... ... hack cover 



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