THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPART MENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



.1. T. SHARP, Editor. 

 CONTENTS.— JUNE, 1910. 



PA OB. 



Limiting Factors in Agriculture ... ... .. ... A. J. En-art .353 



Testing Potato Varieties for Irish Blight ... ... ... D. McA/j>ijie ii58 



Experiments witli Potato Diseases, 1909-10 ... ... ... G. Seymour .360 



Sterilization of Soils ... ... ... W. Laidkiw and C. A. Price .3G.3 



The Rearing of Queen Bees ... ... ... ... JL B<nhne iiOS 



Closer .Settlement .Studies — 



I. Nine Acres carrying Twelve Head of Stock ... ... J. M. B. Connor .372 



The Cork ludustry in Portugal ... ... ... ... F. de CaMel/a .376 



The Smuts of .Australia ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3S4 



Maize for Foddt r - (..ast Season's Ki suits — 



I. In the liallarat District ... ... ... A.J. /'o.s.'* 38.) 



II. In the Lilydale District ... ... ... J. S. McFadzean 388 



III. In the Yarra (j leu District ... ... ... IT. Yoani/tr 3.^7 



liare Profits from Sows ... ... ... ... ... J. S. MrFadztnn 400 



Victorian Register of Veterinary Suigeoiis, 1910 ... ... ,/. C. Ilatton 4Ul 



Dwarf Fruit I'rees for Small (iardeiis ... ... ... A. S. XdUon 403 



Orchard and (inrden Notes ... ... ... ... K. E. Fr.-<rott. 405 



Lucerne Hay Cart ... ... ... ... ... E. A. Uyland 408 



List of Fruit Trees, &c. , grown at tlie Royal Horticultural 



Gardens and School of Horticulture, liumley ... ... E. E. P(sfott 409 



TheChou Moellier ... ... ... ... ... J. M . B. Connor 418 



Statistics— (^)uarter ended 31st March, 1910 — 



Rainfall in X'ictoria ... ... ... ... ... //. A. Hunt 419 



Exports an<l Deliveiies of Perishahle and Frozen Produce... t!. Croire 420 



Imports ami Exports of Fruit, Plants, Bulbs, Orain, itc. .. J.O. Turntr 420 



.7o((r//a/ q/'.4 ;/>•«'■«// /u'e-—Cop3rightPro\isions .-inil Subscription Rates in-sidejront cover 



Puljlicaiions Lssued by the Department of Agriculture ... inxiiU front cover 



Agricultural lulucation in Victoria — 



Uookie Agricultural College .. ... .. ... innidi Jiack cover 



Longerenong Agricultural College .. ... inxii/'- hark cover 



Burnley vSchool of Agriculture and Small Fiirming ... iiisi'l, fiark cover 



Wyuna Irrigation Farm ... ... ... ... in-tidt tiark cover 



Lectures on Agricultural Subjects ... ... ... inside hark cover 



Aariculluial Cla.sses, 1910 ... ... ... ... i/ixide l>ark cover 



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