THE JOUKOSrAL 



OF 



"HE DEPART MENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



A. T. SHARP, Editor. 



CONTENTS.— MAY, 1911 



PAGE. 



The City Milk Supply ... ,. ... J. S. McFadzmn 297 



Cream Cooling on the Farm ... .. ... ... Af. Comans a 12 



Influence on the Profluction of Mutton of Manures applied to 



Pastures ... ... W. Someri'il/e (nhiitract hy A. J. Eimrt) .^13 



Wintering Bees ... ... ... ... .. ... F. R. Bciikne 3ir> 



Vegetable Garden and Fodder Crops on the Government 



Experimental Farm, Cheltenham ... ... ... J. M. B. Connor 31S 



Traralgon Dairy Farm Competition .. . .. ... ... J.S.MrFadzean 826 



Alexandra Fodder Crop Competition ... ... ... J. M. B. Connor '^'^0 



Orchard and Garden Notes ... ... ... ... E. E. FeM'ott 334 



Supplementary List of Fruit Trees, &c., grown at the Royal 



Horticultural Gardens and School of Horticulture, Burnley E. E. Pcxcott 336 



Propagation of Fruit Trees ... ... ... ... C.F.Cole 3.'iS 



Wine Industry in Southern France — Vineyard Manuring ... F. dc Caxtclla 346 

 Yield of Reconstituted Vineyard at the Rutherglen Viticnl- 



tural College, Vintage HUl .. ... ... G. H. Adcock 353 



General Notes — The Trial Shipn.ent of Pears ... ... J.G. Turner 357 



Answers to Correspondents .. ... ... ... ... ... 357 



Statistics— Quarter ending 31st March, 1911 — 



Rainfall in Victoria ... ... ... ... ... H. A. Hunt 359 



Exports and Deliveries of Perishaljle and Frozen Produce... ... i?. Crowe 360 



Exports and Imports of Fruit, Plants, Bulbs, Grain, &c. ... J. G. Turner 360 



Journal of Ayriculture — Copyright Provisions and Subscription Rates inmle front cover 



Publications issued by the Department of Agriculture ... innide front cover 



Reminders for June ... ... ... ... ... iimde back cover 



Agricultural I'.ducation in Victoria — 



l)ookie and Longerenong Agricultural Colleges ... ... ... hack cover 



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



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



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



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