THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPAP.TMENT OF AGRICULTURR, 



VICTOI^I^A-, -A."0"STI?,A.LI A.. 



CONTENTS.— APRIL, 1918. 



Tlie Advantages of Herd Testin ;■ 



Apple Culture in Victoria 



Furniture and Timber Boring Insects 



Wheat Manurial Trials ... 



Silo for Ensilage or Grain 



Standardized Packing and Grading ot Frait 



Lectures, Farmers' Classes, &c. ... 



Stallion Parades -Time-Table' for 1918 ... 



Planting and Rec.institution of Vineyard-- 



Orchard and Garden Notes 



Reminders 



H.A. 



J. S. McFadzean 



J. Farrell 



C. French, Jan. 



Mullelt, B.Afj.Sc. 



J. Wilson 



Ernest Meeking 



l'.\UK. 



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