THE JOIJKN^\_L 



OF 



THE DEPAirniENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



lO M.^RCH, 1900. 



CONTENTS. 



PAOB 



The Algarrobo or Carob Tree ... ... ... ... F. de Castella 129 



The Dairy Bull . .. ... ... ... ... J. S. McFadzcan 132 



Experimental Wheat Fields, 1908-9 ... ... ... F. E. Lee 137 



Elements of Animal Physiology — 



XVIIL— The Ductless Glands... ... ... ... W. A. Oshorne 141 



Toowoomba Canary (J rass ... ... ... ... ... A. J. Ewart 144 



Bud -Variation in Corinth Currant Vine ... D. McAlpine and F. de Oastella 145 



Zante Currants (drafted on Resistant Stock.s ... ... F. A. Wyatt 149 



Rape as a Catch Crop ... ... ... ... ... H. IF. Ham 150 



Diseases of Farm Animals — ■ 



Poisonings (continued) ... ... ... ... <S. S. Cameron 152 



Statistics, Quarter ended 31st December, 1908 — 



Rainfall in Victoria ... ... ... ... ... B. F. Griffiths 160 



Exports of Perishable and Frozen Produce ... ... /?. Crowe 161 



Imports and Exports of Fruit, Plants, Bulbs, Grain, &c. ... J. G. Turner 161 



Progressive Farming — 



No. II.— Dean's Marsh ... ... ... ... T. Cherry 162 



Growing Pumpkins on Fence ... ... ... ... ... 170 



The Stinking Smut of Wheat .. ... ... ... D. McAlpine 171 



Irrigation in Eastern Spain ... ... ... ... F. de Castella 176 



Warragul Dairy Farm Comj)etition ... ... ... A. V. Becher 190 



Lucerne on the Upper Goulburn ... ... ... .. H. Wightman 191 



The Orchard .. ... ... ... ... J. Lang 192 



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Annual Grant to Agricultural Societies ... ... ... inside hack cover 



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