THE JOURAT^L 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



11 J^^lSrXJ^I^Y, 190Q. 



CONTENTS. 



F. de Gastella 



F. de VaMella 



H. IT'. Ham 



H. W. Ham 



T. Cherry 



PAGB 

 1 



13 

 15 

 i6 

 18 



Valencia Raisins or Lexias ... 



Vine Primings as Fodder ... 



Stud ^ferino Ewes 



iSpring Sown Rape 



Problem of oar Unpro<luctive Lands 



Elements of Animal Plij'sioioLiy — 

 XVII. — Reproduction 



Proehumed Plants of Victori.i — European Dodder 



Napht haline Treatment for Cut \\'orms 



Experimental Work at Longerenong Agricultural College 



Nitrogen and Nitragin 



White Scour in Calves 



The Orchard 



Diseases of Farm Animals — 



Diseases of the Blood and Circulatory Organs — continued 

 Poisonings 



Progressive Farming — 

 No. 1. — Near Lara 



Some Poultry E.Kpeiiments ... 



Ballan Mixed Fodder Crop Competition 



Answers to Corrfs^pondents ... 



■Journal of Agricn/lure — Cop^-right Provisions and Subscription Rates inside front cover 



Publications issued by the Depai-tment of Agriculture... ... m-side front cover 



Agricultural Education in Victoria — 



Dookie Agricultural College .. ... ... ... inside hack cover 



Longerenong Agricultural College ... .. ... inside bark cover 



P.uiiiley School of Horticulture and Small Farming ... inside back cover 



Lectures on Agricultural Subjects, 1909 ... ... ... inside back cover 



Agricultural Classes, 1909 ... ... ... ... inside back cover 



... W. A. Osborne 



A . J. Ewart and J. R. Tovey 



F. de Castella 



. E. G. M. Gibson 



A. .T. Ewart 



W. H. Chesterfield 



...J. Lang 



S. S. Cameron 

 S. S. Cameron 



T. Cherry 



. H. V. Haickim 



... H. Rosi 



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