THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUIIE, 



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CONTENTS.— NOVEMBER, 1918. 



Farmers' Field Day at Werribee ... 



Apple Culture in Victoria 



American Agriculture 



The Hearing of Duck.s 



Copper Fungicides for Vine Diseases 



641 



J. Farrell 648 



A. E. V. Bichardson, 31. A., B.Sc. 658 



... A. Hart 669 



F. de Casiella 674 



A Contribution to the Study of Hereditary Unsoundness in 



Horses W. A. N. Robertson, B.V.Sc. 679 



The Weevil Pest of Grain ... ... ... ... .. ... 695 



Orchard and Garden Notes ... ... E. E. Pescott, F.L.S. 701 



Reminders ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 703 



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