THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



JULY, 1008 



CONTENTS 



Hints on Raising an Export Apple Orchard 

 Effect of Cold on New Dry Wines ... Af. 



Selection of Maize Seed 

 Improvement of Cereals by Selection and Crot siuj 



II. Crossing 

 Journal of Agriculture,, Volume I. 

 Proclaimed Plants of Victoria — The Hemlock A. 

 Pig Breeding in Victoria 

 Lucerne Hay for Fattening Export Mutton 

 (larden Notes — The Bamboo 

 Fourth Progress Report on Viticulture in Europe (continued) — 



Reconstitution in Spain — The Malaga District 

 Review of the Dairying Season, 1907-8 

 Overhead Carrier for Milking Sheds 

 The Orchard 

 Diseases of the Skin — 



II. Parasitic Skin Diseases ... ... ... S.S.Cameron ... 444 



Journal of Agriculture — Copyright Provi.sions and Subscription Rates inside front cover 

 Publications issued by the Department of Agriculture ... ... im^ide front cover 



Answers to Correspondents ... ... ... ... imide back cover 



Dookie Agricultural College ... ... ... ... ... back cover 



Longerenong Agricultural College .. ... ... ... back cover 



Burnley School of Horticulture and Small Farming ... ... back cover 



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