THE -JOURXAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



A. r^ K 1 1. , 1 e o 8 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Diseases of Farm Animals — 



Vn. Accidents and III]' iuies—(coH/«/<;^f(/) ... S. S. Cameron ... 19.3 



Lamb-marking ... ... ... H. W. Ham ... 205 



Proclaimed Plants of Victoria — The Onion Weed 



-1. J. EwartandJ. R. Tovey ... 208 

 Cheese Exhibits at the A.N. A. Exhildtion, 1908 



J. < J. McMillan and A. W. Woodard ... 208 

 Wood Distillation: A New Victorian Industry ... A. S Kenyan ... 220 



Garden Notes— The Aster ... ... ... J. Cronin ... 224 



Grant to Agricultural Societies ... ... ... ... ... •.• 227 



.Stallion Inspection Parades— Season 1908 ... ... ... ... ... 2.34 



List of Certificated .Stallions ... ... ... ... ••• 240 



A New Apple Pest .. ... ... ... ... C.French ... 249 



A New .'>ubsoiling Foot ... ... ... ... A. S. Kenyan ... 250 



A New Reaction Differentiating Tlaw Milk fiom Heated (Pasteurized) Milk, as 

 well as for the Detection of H^'drogen Peroxide 



iV. P Wilkinson and E. R.G. Peter.H ... 251 

 Poultry Notes ... .. ... ... ... H. V. Hawkins 2-">4 



The Orchard ... ... ... ... ... J. Lang ... 256 



.Journal of AyricuKnre — Copyright Piovisions and Sul)Scription Rates inside front cover 

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



Longerenong Agricidtural College ... ... ... ... inside front cover 



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



Answers bo Correspond en t.s ... ... ... ... inside hack cover 



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DOOKIE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



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

 vignerons and dairymen. 



Fees — £28 5s per annum. 



LONGERENONG AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



One aim of t'lis institution is to fill in the gap between the .State School and Dookie, 

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



Fkes — 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. 



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