THE JOUR.]Nr^L 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



8 FEBRTJ.^RY, 1908. 



CONTENTS. 



Packing Fruit for Export ... ... ... ,„ /. O. Turner ... 65 



Insect Pests in Foreign Lands — Third Progress Report W. W. Froggatt 

 Proclaimed Plants of Victoria — Common Horehound 



A . J. Ewart and J. R. Tovty 

 Agricultural F.ducation — 



Examination Hesults, Farmers' Classes, 1907 (continued) H. V. Hawkins 



A Simple Set of Calf Bails .;. ... ... ... W. H. Dnnstan 



The Keeping of Milk and its Kelation to Flavors in Cheese /. O. McMillan 



Garden Notes— The Oleander ... ... ... J. Cronin 



Spraying for the Pumpkin Beetle ... ... ... E. Wallis 



Artificial Manures Acts — 



Unit Values for the Year 1908 ... ... ... W. P. Wilkinson 



Preparing Land for Irrigation ... ... ... E. Mead 



Improvement in Irrigation Practice— Lucerne Hay Competition E. Mead 

 Farm Reports — 



Rutherglen Viticultural College ... ... G. H. Adcock 



Wyuna Irrigation Farm ... ... ... G. H. Tolley 



Mount Xavier Experimental Farm ... ... A. Kenny 



Farmers' Sheep Yards and Dip ... ... ... H. W.Ham 



The Orchard ... ... ... ... ... J. Lang 



Joxirval of Agriculture — Copyright Provisions and Subscription Rates iyiside front cover 



Dookie Agricultural College ... ... ... ... inside front cover 



Longerenong Agricultural College ... ... ... inside front cover 



Burnley School of Horticulture and Small Farming ... inside front cover 



Answers to Correspondents ... ... ... ... inside back cover 



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COPYRIGHT PROVISIONS AND SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 



The Articles in the Journal of the Department of Agriculture of Victoria are 

 protected Ijy the provisions of the Copyright Act. Proprietors of newspapers wishing 

 to republish any matter contained in the Journal are at liberty to do so, provided the 

 usual acknowledgment is made. 



The Journal is issued monthly. The subscription, which is payable in advance 

 and includes postage, is 3s. per annum for the Commonwealth and New Zealand, and 

 6s. for the United Kingdom and Foreign Countries. Single copy Threepence. 



A limited number of the issues comprising Volumes II. (1903-4), III. (1905) — 

 10 parts each — and Volumes IV. (1906) and V. (1907) — 12 parts each — is at present 

 in stock, and will be supplied at the foregoing rates. 



Subscriptions should bs forwarded to the Secretary for Agriculture, Melbourne. 



DOOKIE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



The College offers every facility to students to become competent agriculturists, 

 vignerons, and dairymen. 



Fees. — £28 5s. per annum. New .Session begins 3rd March, 1908. 



LONGERENONG AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



One aim of this institution is to fill in the gap between the State Scliool and Dookie, 

 .C, to take students between the ages of fourteen and sixteen years. 

 Fees — Resident, £18 5s. per annum ; Non-resident, £5 per annum. 

 New Session begins 3rd March, 1908. 



BURNLEY SCHOOL OF HORTICULTURE AND SMALL 



FARMING. 



The Course includes regular lecture.s in Agricultural and Horticultural Science, and 

 the Management of Animals ; Dairying, Pig and Poultry Management, and kindred 

 sul)jects. 



Fees. — Permanent Students, £5 per annum ; Wednesday half-day Students, £1 

 per annum. 



School year commences 10th February, 1908. 



On receipt of Post Card a Copy of the Prospectus of either College will be 

 forwarded by the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Melbourne. 



