THE .JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



1 O ^ V P K I L , 1 9 O O 



CONTENTS. 



P .UK 



Some Facts concerning ^laize ... ... ... ... F. E. Lee i!l8 



Improved Methods of Maize Growing for Milk Production ... /. M. B. Connor 200 

 The Nitrogen Food of Yeast and its Bearing on tlie Making of 



Full-bodied Wines ... ... ... ... ... F. de Castella 229 



Orchard Notes ... ... ... ... ... ... J. Cronin 282 



Proclaimed Hedge Plants ... ... ... ... ... A. J. Eu-art 234 



Thousand Headed Kale ... ... ... ... ... H. TF. flam 286 



^lanagement of Ewes .. ... ... ... ... H. W.Ham 287 



Report of Wheat Improvement Committee ... ... ... F. E. Lee 289 



Experiments relating to Rust and Smut Resistance ... ... Z>. Ale Alpine 255 



Alexandra Fodder Crop Competition ... ... ... A. V. Becher 260 



Korumburra Farm Competition ... ... ... ... A. V. Becher 261 



Cataluiia ... ... ... ... ... ... F. de Castella 263 



Answers to Correspondents ... ... ... ... ... ... 271 



Journal of Agriculture — Copyright Provisions and Subscription Rates inside f^-ont cover 



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

 Agricultural Education in Victoria — 



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



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



Burnley School of Horticulture and Small Fanning ... inside hack cover 



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



Agricultural Classes, 1909 ... ... ... ... inside hack cover 



Important Notice to Viticulturists .. ... ... ... ... back cover 



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