THE .TOURlSrAJ 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



lO DECEMBER, 10O9 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



The Pig as a Profitable Adjunct to Dairy Farming ... ... J. M. B Connor 745 



" Dead Patcli " in Merino Slieep ... ... ... ... H. W.Ham 750 



Regulations for Farm and Crop Competitions ... F. E. Lee 751 



Analyses of Samples of Arsenate of Lead ... ... ... P.B.Scott 753 



Artificial Manures Acts — 



Results of Analyses of Samples collected in the State of 



Victoria ... ... ... .. ... P.E.Scott 754 



Grape Stemmers — Australian and French Types Compared ... F. cle Gastella 757 



Vineyard Cultivation — Deep ver.s«.s Shallow Ploughing ... F. de Ca.^tel/a 761 



The Prickly Pear ... ... ... ... J. H. McColl 763 



Orchard ^otes ... ... . ... ... .. E. E. Pescott 766 



Vegetable Pests ... ... ... ... ... ... C. French, jun. 770 



Production and Marketing of Beeswax ... ... ... R. Beuhne 713 



Development of Agricultural Production in Victoria ... T.Cherry 775 



Seed Tests ... ... ... ... ...A.J. Ewart mid B. Bees 790 



Building Hints for Settlers — 



IV. Plan, Specifications, and Quantities of a Wood and 



Iron Hay Shed ... ... ... .. A. S. Kenyan 797 



V. Stripping Sheets of Bark ... ... ... ... T. M. Wltelan 801 



Statistics — Quarter ended 30th September, 1909 — 



Rainfall in Victoria ... ... ... ... ... II. A. Hunt 805 



Exports of Perishable and Frozen I'roduce ... B. Croive 806 



Imports and Exports of Fruit, Plants, Bulbs, Grain, &c. ... J. G. Turner 806 



Answers to Correspondents ... .. .. ... ... ... 807 



Journal of Agriculture — Copyright Provision.s and Subscription Rates in-side front cover 



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



The Weeds, Poison Plants, and Naturalized Aliens of Victoria inside hack cover 



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