THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



±0 ISTOV^EMBEK, 1908. 



CONTENTS 



PAQB 



The Prospects of an Export Trade ia Honey ... ... E. Beuhne ... 641 



The Export Apple 'J'rade to Germany ... ... ... ... ... 649 



Merino Rams (c'OK/j«(te(/) ... ... ... .,. H. \V. Hani, ... 651 



Cow Peas ... ... ... ... J. R. Y. GoldMein ... 652 



Culture of Permanent Pastures ... ... ... W. J. Golebatch .. 655 



Victorian Cattle for India ... ... .. . ... ... ... 665 



Statistics— Quarter ended 30th September, 1908 — 



Rainfall in Victoria ... ... ... B. F. Griff! fh.s ... 670 



Exports of Perishable and Frozen Produce ... ... R. Crowe ... 671 



Imports and Exports of Fruit, Plants, Btilbs, Grain, &c. J. G. Tiirutr ... 671 

 Proclaimed Plants of Victoria — The Thorn Apple A. J. Ewartand J. R. Tovty ... 672 

 Elements of Animal Physiology — 



XIV.— Renal Excretion ... ... ... W . A. Osborne ... 673 



XV.— The Afferent Systems ... ... ... W. A. Osborne ... 676 



Fifth Progress Report on Viticulture in Europe — 



Madrid and Navarra .. ... ... ... F. de Castella ... 684 



Artificial Manures Acts — 



Results of Analyses of Samples of Artificial Manures collected 



in the State of Victoria ... ... ... ... P.R.Scott ... 696 



Garden Notes — Hardy Shrubs ... ,.. ... J. Cronin ... 699 



The Orchard ... ... ... ... ... .. ,/, Lang ... 703 



Bracken and its Binding Effect on Loose, Sand}', Coastal Soils A. J. Ewart ... 704 

 Journal of Agriculture — Copyright Provision.s and Subscription Rates inside front cover 

 Publications issued by the Department of Agriculture .. ... inside front cover 



Answers to Correspondents ... . . ... ... inside hack cover 



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



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



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



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