THE JOUKNAL 



OF 



THE DEPART MENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



A. T. SHARP, Editor. 



CONTENTS.— APRIL, 1910. 



PAQB. 



The Laws relating to tlie Marketing and Export of Fruit, 



Plants, &e. ... ... ... ... ... J. G. Turner 193 



Bitter Pit of the Apple .. ... ... ... ... D. McAIpine 201 



Erinose of the Vine ... ... ... ... ... G. H. Adrock 203 



Potatoes and Tomatoes on the same Plant ... ... ... D. McAljiiiie 205 



Building Hints for .Settlers — 



VIII. — Wire-netted Fencing ... ... ... ... A. S Kevyon 207 



A Home-made iSilo ... ... ... ... ... T. Gcmme/l 213 



Berwick Fodder ( rop Competition ... ... ... J. S. McFadzfan 214 



Orchard and (iarden Notes ... ... ... ... E. E. Fescott 215 



Artificial Manures Acts — 



Supplementary List of Unit Values ... ... ... P.R.Scott 219 



The Wine Industry in Southern France {continued) ... F. de CaM.fUa 2i0 



Answers to Correspondents ... . ... ... ... ... 226 



Grant to Agricultural Societies ... ... ... ... ... ... 229 



Government Certitication of Stallions — 



Third Annual Report, Season ]!)()9 ... ... ... S. S. Cameron 233 



Time Tal)le, Stallion Parades, Season 19J0 ... ... ... ... 241 



List of Certificated Stallions (to 31st December, 1909) ... ... 245 



Journal of Agriculture — Copyright Provisions and Sub.scription Rates insidejront carer 



Publications issued \>y the Department of Agriculture ... insidefroiit cover 

 Agricultural Education in Victoria — 



Uookie Agricultural College ... ... ... ... inside hack cover 



Loiigerenong Agricultural College ... ... ... inside hack cover 



Burnley School of Agriculture and Small Farming ... innide hack cover 



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



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



Agricultural Classes, 1910 ... ... ... ... inside back cover 



Weeds, I'oison J'tmits, ami Naturalized Aliens of Victoria ... hack cover 



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