228 Journal of Agriculture. [8 April, 1908, 



SYNOPSIS OF LECTURES. 



(Five of these lectures will be given in each course. The one considered 

 least important for local conditions will be omitted.) 



Principles of Agriculture. 



1. The plant food of the soil. 



2. Cultivation methods and management. 



3. Principles of manuring. 



4. Valuation of artificial manures. 



5. The management of the farm. 



6. Experimental plots and their lessons. 



Evening I-ecture. — The Agricultural Resources of Victoria. 



The Care of Farm Animals. 



1. The structure and care of the horse's foot. 



2. Brood mares and breeding mishaps. 



3. Colic, constipation, and other bowel complaints. 



4. Ailments of dairy cows — milk fever, impaction, udder complaints. 



5. Some notifiable diseases — abortion, blackleg, tuberculosis, &c. 



6. Ailments of swine, or ailments of sheep. 



Demonstrations. 



1. Examinations for age, lameness, and unsoundness. 



2. Horse shoes and their uses — practical shoeing. 

 Evening Lecture. — (Lantern) — Unsoundness in Horses. 



Sheep Breeding and Management. 



1. The breeding of sheep for wool. 



2. Wool sorting and classing. No. i. 



3. Wool sorting and classing, No. 2. 



4. Raising fat lambs. 



5. Management of flocks. 



Evening Lecture. — The Wool Lidustry. 



Dairy Farming. 



1. 1^ reeding and management. 



2. Dairy buildings. 



3. Dairv management. 



4. Milk testing. 



5. Foofls and feeding. 



6. Pig breeding, &c. 



Evening Lecture. — Exported Products. 



Poultry Breeding and Management. 



1. The poultry industry : its im|x>rtance. Locality- — suitability or 



otherwise. 



2. Housing (construction of, materials, linsect proof, aspect, &c.). 



How to select stock. 



3. Breeds : payable or otherwise, eggs and table. Breeds adapted 



for export — modes of crossing. 



4. Turkeys : their care and management. Chicken raising and care. 



5. Foods and feeding (practically demonstrated). 



6. Common ailments of poultry (with demonstrations when necessary). 



Incubation — natural and artificial. 

 Evening Lecture. — Descriptive of Victoria's Progress during the last 

 three years. (Illustrated with 90 lantern slides.) 



