THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Q M^^RCH, leOS. 



CONTENTS 



F. E. Lee 



R. Beuhne 

 A. S. Kenyon 

 G. A. Sinclair 



Report on Harvest of Experimental Wheat Fields, Season 1907 



Absconding Swarms of Bees 



A Compact and Cheap Seed Drill for the Small Holder 



Mouse-proof Stack; Site 



Farm Reports — 



Heytesbury Farm 



Whitfield Farm 

 Insect Pests in Foreign Lands — Fourth Progress Report 

 Description of Apple — Stone Pippin ... 

 Breeding for the Dairy 

 Diseases of Farm Animals — 



VII. Accidents and Injuries — (^continued) 

 Sorghum Poisoning 

 Types of Ewes for Lamb-raising 

 Maize-Growing Experiments 

 Statistics, Quarter ended 31st December, 1907 — 



Rainfall in Victoria 



Exports of Perishable and Frozen Produce 



Imports and Exports of Fruit, Plants, Bulbs, Grain, &,c 

 Garden Notes — -The Tecoma 

 Proclaimed Plants of Victoria — Paterson's Curse or Purple Bugloss 



A. J. Ji'ivart and J. R. 7'ovey 

 Tliird Progress Report on Viticulture in Europe — Portugal F. de Ca^tella 



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



Journal of Agriculture — Copyright Provisions and Subscription Rates inside front 

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



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



Burnley School of Horticulture and Small Farming ... ... inxide front 



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



0. H. Call 



T. A. J. Smith 



W. W. Froggatt 



J. Lang 



J. S. McFadzean 



S. S. Cameron 



S. S. Cameron 



H. W. Ham 



J. M. B. Connor 



P. Baracchi 



R. Croiot 



J. G. Turner 



J. Cronin 



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COPYRIGHT PROVISIONS AND SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 



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

 protected by 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 achnowledgment 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 

 5s. 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 suppl-ed at the foregoing rates. 



Subscriptions should be 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. 



LONGERENONG AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



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

 i.e., to take students between the age.s of fourteen and sixteen years. 



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



BURNLEY SCHOOL OF HORTICULTURE AND SMALL 



FARMING. 



The Course includes regular lectures in Agricultural and Horticultural Science, and 

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

 subjects. 



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

 per annum. 



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

 forwarded by the Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Melbourne. 



