THE JOUKjSTAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



lO M^Y, 1900 



CONTENTS. 



Wheat Improvement Committee — 

 I. Prolificacy of Wheat 

 II. Field Operations at the Dookie Agricultural College, 

 Season 1908-9 



INon-Germination of Certain Sorts of Barley 



Development of the Tobacco Industry 



Profitable Dairying on Small Farms 



Maize Cultivation — 



A Good Crop of " Eclipse " 

 Growing Crop on Battery Sand 

 Best Varieties for the North-East 



Yield of Reconstituted Vineyard at the Viticultural College, 

 Ruthergltn ... 



A Rabbit-proof Flood Gate 



£ook-keeping for Farmers 



Dotlder Infested Potato Plants 



Cataluna {continued) 



Orchard Notes 



A Pioneer Orchardist — Mr. James Lang 



.Statistics, Quarter ended 31st March, 1909 — 

 Rainfall in Victoria .. 

 Exports of Perishable and Frozen Produce 

 Imports and Exports of Fruit, Plants, Bull)s, Grain, &c. ... 



Answers to Correspondents 



Journal of Agriculitire — Copyright Provisions and Subscription Rates inside/ront 



Publications issued by the Department of Agriculture ... inmlt front 



Important Notice to Viticulturists ... ... ... ... insideback 



Agricultural Education in Victoria — 



Dookie Agricultural College ... ... ... ... ... hack 



Longerenong Agricultural College ... ... ... hack 



Burnley School of Horticulture and Small Farming ... ... hack 



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



Agricultural Classes, 1909 ... ... ... ... ... hack 



H. Pye 



H. Pye 

 A. J. Eicart 



J. S. McFudztan 



A. T. Forisfal 



G. Hendnr-ion 



G. Mahy 



G H. Adcork 



T. A. J. Smitk 



W. Mclver 



F. de Castelta 

 J. Cr 071171 



H. A. Hunt 



P. Croire 



J. O. Turner 



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