THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



'VriCTOR.I.A., .A.XJSTE,A.LIA.. 



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CONTENTS.— MARCH, 1918. 



A[H)le Culture in Victoria 



Vine\arcl Sj)ra3'ii)g 



The Government Red Poll Dairy Herd 



Standard Test Cows 



Teachers" Seliool at Burnlej- 



Wheat Variety Trials ... ... .,. .. //. .1. 



The Importance of Butter Fat in Human Diet 



Subterranean Clover at Flinder.-: ... 



Bracken a Sonrce of Potash 



Meteorolofi^ical Observations, Research Farm. Werribec 



A Form for Describing Maize Ears 



Orchard and (rarden Notes 



Reminders for April 



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