TKE JOUl^NAL 



OF 



THE DRPAirrMI'^^T OF AGIUGULTUItl^ 



V"ICTOR,I.A_, j^tj&i::r.a.J-,Xj^. 



CONTENTS.— DECEMBER, 1918. 



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A Westeru District F;u iii ... ... ... E. W. Murphy 705 



Dallying on a Sin:ill .\iea ... ... ... ... W.F.Bcacorn. 710 



liottling of Fruit for Home Use ... ... ... ... Mits A. Knight 71."i 



IMotor Tractor Trials ... ... ... .. ... ... 727 



<_'oi){)er Fungiui.les f )r N'ine Diseases ... ... ... F. de Ca-ldln 7-"^"> 



The lluthetglen Bug ... ... ... C French 7:iS 



Standardized Packing and Uratlinj' of Frait ... .. Fined Meeki y 741 



JS'ative Fibre Plants ... ... ... Alfred J. F wart, D.Sc, Fh.D 747 



Does Poultry Farming Pay •' ... ■• ■.■ ■• A. V. D. Rintoid ITA 



Automatic Feeders for Pigs ... ... ... R. T. Archer 754 



Analysis of Artificial Feitilizers .. ... ... ... ... ... 757 



Scale of Charges for Freezing, kc , at Government Cool Stores ... ... 763 



Victorian Kainfall^Tliird (Quarter, 1918 ... ... ... .. ... 764 



Orchard and (iarden Notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 766 



Reminders for January ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 767 



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