THE J OUKiS^ AL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMExXT OF AGRICULTURE. 



8 JXJISrE, 1908 



CONTE NTS. 



PAGE 



The Melbourne Milk Supply ... ... ... ... T. Cherry ... 321 



Experiments on tlie Heath Land at Portland ... ... F. E. Lee ... 329 



Strawberry Clover ... ... ... ... ... W. Youitijer ... 337 



Disease.s of the .Skin — 



I. Non-Parasitic Skin Diseases ... ... ... S. S. Cameron ... 338 



Sheep Feeding ... ... .„ ... ... H. W. Ham ... 344 



A Small Farmer's Woolpress ... ... ... ... H. W. Ham ... 346 



Elements of Animal Physiology — 



XI.— The Blood ..." ... ... ... W. A. Oahorne ... 348 



Proclaimed Plants of Victoria — The Drooping or Common Prickly Pear 



A. J. Eioart and J. R. Tovey ... 352 

 Fourth Progress Report on Viticulture in Europe — 



Recoiistitution in Spain {coiitinued) 

 Hints on Planting Fruit Trees 



(iroM ing Fodder at Loiigerenong Agricultural College 

 Price and Profit in Cows 

 Garden Notes — The Abutilon 

 Export of Honey 

 Farm Reports, Quarter ended 31st March, 1908 — 



Whitfield ?'arm ... 



Wyuna Irrigation Farm ... 



Heytesbury Experimental Farm ... 

 The Orchard 



Top-dressing Land for Maize Crops 

 Statistics, Quarter ended 31st March, 1908 — 



Pv,ainfall in Victoria 



Exports of Perishable and Frozen Produce ... 



Imports and Exports of Fruit, Plants, P>ulbs, Grain, &c. 

 Journal of Agriculture — Copyright Provisions and Subscription Rates inside front cover 

 Dookie Agricultural College ... ... ... ... ... in-side front cover 



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



liuridey School of Horticulture and Small Farming ... ... inmde front cover 



Answers to Correspondents ... ... ... ... inside buck cover 



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 .lournal 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 

 5s. for the United Kingdom and Foreign Countries. Single copy Threepence. 



A limited number of the i.ssues 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. A few bound copies of Volume V. 

 (1907) are also available. Price, 5s. Postage, Is. .3d. 



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. 



Fee.S. — £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 ages 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. 



