THE JOURjNtAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



lO ^XJGhXJST, 10O9. 



T. Cherry 

 E. Mead 

 R. Crowe 

 By/ and 

 Beuhne 

 J. M. B. Connor 



E. A. 

 R. 



CONTENTS. 



Recent Progress and Development of Agricultural Production in 



Victoria 

 Problems in Irrigation Development 

 History of the Ikitter Export Trade 

 Dairying Possibilities in the Swan Hill District 

 Spring Losses of Bees 

 Trafalgar ]\Iaize Crop Competition ... 

 Building Hints for Settlers — 



1. Plan and Description of a Four-roomed Weatherboard 

 Cottage 

 " Devil's Grip" in Merino Sheep ... 

 Mangolds as Feed for Slieep 

 Storage Experiment with Mildura Grapes ... 

 Description of Apple — Dumelow's Seedling ... 

 Orchard Notes 



Sherry: Its Making and Rearing — continued 

 Marketing on the Hoof — Problem of the Oat Crop 

 A Record Crop of Potatoes 

 The Progress of Agriculture in the State Schools of the Sale 



(East Gippsland) District 

 Successful Poultry Farming 

 Answers to Correspondents 

 Statistics, Quarter ended 30bh June, 1909 — 



Exports of Perishable and Frozen Produce 



Imports and Exports of Fruit, Plants, Bulbs, Grain, &c. ... 



Journal of Agricult are — Copyright Provisions and SubscrijDtion Rates inside front 

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



Dookie Agricultural College ... ... ... ... inside back 



Longerenoug Agricultural College ... ... ... ... inside back 



Wyuna Irrigation Farm ... ... ... ... ... inside back 



Destructive Insects of Victoria, Part IV. ... ... ... ... back 



A. S. Kenyon 



H. W. Ham 



H. W. Ham 



F. de Castella 



J. Cronin 



J. Cronin 



F. de Castella 



J. L. Doio 



E. R. Davey 

 H. V. Han-kins 



R. Crowe 

 J. G. Turner 



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