THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



A. T. SHARP, Editor. 



CONTENTS.— JULY, 1911. 



PAQB. 



Review of the V^ictoriau Dairying Season and Butter Export 



Trade, 1910-11 ... ... ... ... ... ... E. Croice 425 



The Babcock Tester on the Farm ... ... ... ... I!. T. Archer 433 



" Quality," as applied to Sheep and Wool ... ... ... //. W. Ham 439 



Abnormal Growths of the Potato ... ... ... ... D. Mc Alpine 442 



Exceptional Growth of Potato Plants ... ... ... D. McAlpine 444 



Asparagus ... ... ... ... ... ... B. E. Pe^cott 446 



The Root Borer and its Parasite ... ... ... ... H. W. Davey 451 



Insects Destructive to Crops— Cut Worms ... ... ... C. Frfuch, jun. 455 



Practical Hints on Cut Worm Destruction .. ... ... F, de Caatrdla 458 



Vine Diseases in France— Mildew, Black Rot, Black Spot ... F. de Cas,ldla 462 



Tobacco Culture— Seed Selection ... ... ... ... T.A.J. Smith, 468 



Seeds and Seeding (co?(i«H?<er7 1 ... ... ... ... L. Mardonakl 471 



Feeding Bees ... ... ... ... ... ... F. R. Benhve 477 



Farm Blacksmithiug ... ... ... ... ... G. Baxltr 479 



Propagation of Fruit Trees— Stocks ... ... ... O.F.Cole 482 



Orchard and Garden Notes ... ... ... ... E. E. Pe-'^cott 486 



Value of Milk Records ... ... ... ... ... J. S. McFadzean 488 



Field Experiments at the Rothamsted Experimental Station, 1910 T. A. J. Smith 489 



Kramer Harrow Attachment ... .. .. ... • A. S. Kenyon 491 



Silo Construction— Wood and Iron, and All Wood Silos ... A. S. Kenyon 492 



Answers to Correspondents — 



Manuring Fig Trees ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 504 



Top-dressing Lucerne ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 504 



Liming Cultivation Land ... ... ... ... ... ... 504 



Potato Digging Rates ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 504 



Pitting Potatoes ... ... ... ... ... ... ■•. 504 



Sowing Wattle Seed ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 504 



Caponizing Cockerels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 504 



Purging ... .. ... ... ... ... ••• — 504 



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Reminders for August ... ... ... ... ... inside back cover 



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