THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



A. T. SHARP, Editor. 



CONTENTS.— AUGUST, 1911. 



Cultivation of Sugar Beet ... 



Leaf Scald or Fruit Spot ... 



Citrus Fruit Culture {continued) 



Propagation of Fruit Trees — StoijUs 



Orchard and Garden Notes 



Storage Test of Shipping Grapes 



Vernacular Names of Victorian Plants (continued) 



Tobacco Culture — Curing Sheds 



Farm Blaeksmithing — Fitting-up Woi'kshop 



Millipedes Destioj'ing Vegetables ... 



Dysentery in Bees and Nosema A ])is 



Insectivorous Birds of Victoria — White-throated Tree Creeper 



Experimental Forage Plots, 1910-11 



Artificial Manures Acts — Unit Values for 1911 



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



Silo Construction — All Steel and Concrete Silos 



Reinforced Brick Silos 



Dexter Kerry Dairy Cattle 



Answers to Correspondents — 



Sore Teats ... ... ... 579 



Feeding Millet to Stock ... 579 



Worms ... ... ... 579 



Non-Pregnancy of Sows ... 579 



Swollen Tendons ... ... 579 



Castrating Aged Rams . . . 579 



Skin Disease ... ... 580 



30th June, 1911- 



//. T.Easttrhy 



D. Mc Alpine 



E. E. Pesirott 

 C. F. Colt 



E. E. Pescott 



F. de CaMdla 

 1. J, Eicart and G. S. Sutton 



T.A.J. Smith 



G. Baxter 



G. French, jun. 



F. R. Bc'uhne 



C. French, jun. 



T. A. J. Smith 



P. E. Scott 



H. V. Hawkins 



A. S. Kenyan 



P. T. Archer 



J. S. McFadzean 



Balanced Ration 



Ration of Oats for Draught Horse 



Cow Peas 



Apple Drying 



White Ants ... 



Binding Sand 



Identification of Plants 



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Statistics — Quarter endin 



Rainfall in Victoria ... ... ... ... ... If, A. Hunt 583 



Exports and Deliveries of Perishable and Frozen Produce... P. Croive 584 



Exports and Imports of Fruit, Plants, Bulbs, Grain, &c. .. J. G. Turner 584 



Journal of Agriculture — Copyright Provisions and Subscription Rates inside front cover 



Reminders for September ... ... ... ... ... inside back cover 



Dest^-uctive Insects of Victoria, Part V. ... ... ... ... back cover 



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