THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPART MENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



1 F E B K TJ ^Tl ^^, 1 9 1 O . 



CONTENTS. 



PAOB 



The Wine Industry in Southern France — Montpellier Revisited F. de Castella 65 



The Wouderberry ... ... ... ... ... E. E. Pescott 78 



The Loganberry ... ... ... ... ... E. E. Pe-fCoU 79 



Orchard and Garden Notes ... ... ... ... E. E. Pescott 81 



Production and Marlieting of Beeswa.x ... ... ... R. Beuhne 85 



The Potato Eel-worm ... ... ... ... ... W. Laidlaw 87 



A New Pasture Phmt for Victoria — Birdsfoot Trigonel ... A. J. Eu-art 90 



Farm and Crop Competitions, 1909 ... ... ... F.E.Lee 91 



IJairy Herd Competitions, 1909 ... ... ... ... A. V. Becher 95 



Tick Fever in Fowls ... ... ... ... ... A.A.Brown 96 



Tests with Cultures of Root-Tubercle Bacteria ... ... A. J. Ewart 98 



Building Hints for Settlers — 



VII. Portable Tramways for Farm Work ... ... R.T.Archer 106 



Artificial Manures Acts — 



Unit Values for 1910 ... ... ... ... ... P.R.Scott 110 



The Purchase of Superphosphate ... ... ... (t. (iraham, 118 



Rape Fallow rer.s!i.s' Bare Fallow ... ... ... ... P. F. Cloonan 119 



Silo Building on the Farm ... ... ... ... H.T.Laimon 120 



A Note on th*^ Working of Soils ... ... ... J. S. McFculzean 122 



The " William Farrer" Memorial Fund ... ... ... ... ... 12.3 



Answers to Correspondents ... .. ... ... ... ... 124 



Statistics— Quarter ended 31st December, 1909 — 



Rainfall in Victoria ... ... ... ... ... H.A.Hunt 127 



E.xports and Deliveries of Perishable and Frozen Produce R. Croive 128 



Imports and Exports of Fruit, Plants, Bulbs, Grain, &c. . J. O. Turner 128 



.Journal of Afjricnlture — Copyright Provisions and Subscription Rates inside front cover 



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



Agricultural Education in Victoria — 



Dookie Agricultural College ... ... ... ... inside hack cover 



Longerenong Agricultural College ... ... ... inside hack cover 



Burnley School of Agriculture and Small Farming ... ins<le back cover 



Wyuna Irrigation Farm ... ... ... ... inside hack cover 



Lectures on Agricultural Subjects, 1910 ... ... inside back cover 



Agricultural Classes, 1910 ... ... ... ... inside hack cover 



Weeds, Poison Plants, and Naturalized Aliens of Victoria ... back cover 



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