THE JOUl^A'^L 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



lO JXJ^E, 1909. 



CONTENTS. 



Harvesting LiTcerne for Seed and Hay 



■Cider Making 



Wheat Improvement Committee — 



Diseases and Pests of Cereals ... 

 Romney Marsli Slieep 

 Systematic Dairying on the Moe .Swamp 



Delayed Germination of Certain S^rts of Barley [conlinned) ... 

 Kilmore Maize Crop Competition 

 Catalufla (continued) 

 An Unrecorded Poison Plant 

 Orchard Notes 



Manurial Value of Battery Sand ... 

 Chaff and Stock Food Act 1909 ... 



Journal of Agriridture — Copy right Provisions and Subscription 

 Publications issued by the Department of Agriculture 

 Stallion Inspection — 



List oi Parades and Time Table for the Season 1909 



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