THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



VIOa?OE,I^^, .A.XJSTI^.6^IL.IA.. 



CONTENTS.— AUGUST, 1918. 



PAI*K 



Tabloiding of Piimary Products ... ... ... ... R.Crowe 449 



Destroying ('alifornian Thistle ... ... ... ... ... ... 453 



Apple Culture in Victoria .. . ... J. Far r ell 454 



Agriculture in America ... ... ... .i. E. V. Richardson, MA.,B.Sc. 463 



A Contribution to the Stud^- of Hereditary Unsouiulne.=;s in 



Horses ... ... ' ... .. W. A. N. Robert/ion, B-V.Sc Ai')'^ 



"Black Spot" and "Leaf Curl" ... W. Lnidluw, B.Sc, and C. C. Britthhank 479 



The Culture of the True Lavender .. ... ... ... ... 489 



Notes on the Vaucluse District (France) ... ... ... F. dc CnMella 493 



Lucerne Manurial Trials at Research Farm, \' .-nibee H. A. Mullett, B.A<j. tSc. 497 



Treatment of Cream . . ... ... ... ./.,/. RicJuird^s 500 



Notes on the Sapindus or Soap Tree ... ... ... ... .. 502 



Victorian Rainfall — June Quarter ... ... ... ... ... 504 



The Castor Oil riant and its Cultivation ... ... ... ... 505 



Orchard and Garden Notes ... ... .. ... ... ... 508 



Reminders ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 510 



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