THE JOURNAL 



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THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



lO NOVEMBER, 1909. 



CONTENTS. 



The Advance of the Silo in the Lilydale District 



Silos and Silage (coiitrnurd) 



Dairy Herd Competition, Dandenong Electorate 



Losses in Lanilj-niaiking ,. 



" Dart's Imperial" Wheat 



Bees and F'ruit Fertilization ... ... ... 



Building Hints for Settlers — 



III. Four-roomed Weatherboard Cottage 

 Irish Potato Blight and its Treatment 

 Artificial Manures — 



Notice to Manufacturers and Importers 

 Leongatha Labour Colony — 



Trustees' Annual Report and Balauce-Sheet, 1908-9 

 ■Orchard Notes 



Sherry : Its Making and Rearing (concluded) 

 Potato Experimental Fields, 1908-9 

 Manure Experiments with Potatoes 

 Green Manuring ... 

 Answers to Correspondents 



JouDtal of Agricn.lt are — Copyright Provisions and Subscription Rates 

 Publications issued l>y the I tepartment of Agriculture 

 I >ookie Agricultural College 

 Longerenong Agricultui-al College ... 

 Wyuna In-igation Farm 

 The Weeds, Poison Plants, and Naturalized Aliens of Victoria 



J. S. McFadzean 



A. S. Kivyon 



G. McKenzie 



H. W. Ham 



R. Btuhne 



A. S. Ki'iiyon 

 D. McAI/niie 



E. E, Pcxcott 



F. de Casfella 

 G. Seymour 



F. E. Lee 

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