THIi; JOURNAL 



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THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



.1. T. SHARP, Editor. 

 CONTENTS.— APRIL, 1911 



Irrigation — Watering 



Bees and the Fertilization of Fruit Blossoms 



Tobacco Culture — Curing, Stripping and Classing, Bulking down 



Rain Trees 



Wine Industry in Southern France — Methods of I'runing 



Field-Crafting at the Viticultural College ... 



The Mallee 



Field Experiments witli Wlieat Diseases 



Improvement of Cereals — Some Suggestions for Farmers 



'Government Certification of Stallions — 



Fourth Annual Report, Season 1910-11 ... W. 



Regulations Governing Examination 



Notice to Secretaries of Agricultural Societies ... 



List of Stallions Certificated during Season 1910-1 1 



Time Table, Stallion Parades, 1911 

 Burnley Egg-laying Competition, 1911-12 ... 

 Orchard and Garden Notes 

 A Pi'olific Plum ... 

 Aiiswei-s to Correspondents 



■Journal of Agriculture — Copyright Provisions and Subscription Rates 

 Publications issued l)y the Department of Agriculture 

 Reminders for May 

 Agricultural Education in Victoria — 



I Vjokie Agricultural College 



Longerenong Agricultural College 



Burnley School of Horticulture 



Agricultural Classes, 191 1 



Lectures on Agricultural Subjects, 1911 



a. H. Tolhy 



F. R. Beuhne 



7'. A. ./. SSmith 



A. J. Ewart 



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