THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



lO SEFTEMBEK, 1909 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



The Lady Tcalbot Milk Institute- 

 First Annual Report ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 545 



Caulfield :Model Dairy Farm— The Apiwoved Farm ... J". M. B. Connor .554 



The Marketing of Eggs ... ... ... ... ...//. V.Hawkins 569 



Spring Management of Bees ... ... ... ... R. Btxdine 572 



Prickly Pear : A Pest or a Fodder Plant ? ... ... ... A. J. Evurt bl^ 



Sherry : Its Making and Rearing (co«<j;mfcZ) ... ... F. ile CaMtUa oil 



Treatment of Orchard Pests ... ... ... ... P. J. Cannody 584 



Orchard Notes ... ... ... ... ... ... J. Cronin 587 



Cool Storage of Fruit ... ... ... ... ... W.French 589 



The Victorian Potato Industry — Tlie Inter-State Conference and 



the Potato Blight ... ... ... ... ... T. Cherry .593 



Home-cured Bacon ... ... ... ... ... W.Smith 60.3 



Emergency Silage Making ... ... ... ... B. Crotre 604 



Answers to Correspondents ... ... ... ... ... ••• 605 



Statistics — 



Rainfall in Victoria, Quarter ended .30th June, 1909 ... H. A. Hunt 60S 

 Journal of Agriculture — Copyright Provisions and Sul).scription Rates inside front cover 



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



Destructive Insects of Victoria, Part IV. ... ... ... inside hack cover 



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