THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPART MENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



A. T. SHARP, Editor. 

 CONTENTS.— JULY, 1910. 



PA6B. 



Tree Planting for the Beautifying of Cities and Towns 



A. W. CrookeandJ. BhicMurm 421 



The Genuine Locust Fungus {t'ln/msa Grijlli, Frcs.) ... ... D. McAljnne 434- 



The Purification of Muddy WateT-3... ... ... ...A. C. H. Rothcra 437 



Artificial Manures Acts — 



Supplementary Li.st of Unit Values, Season 1910 ... P. R. Scott 443 

 Review of tlie Dairying .Season and Butter Export Trade, 



1909-10 ... ... ... ... ... ... R. Crowe 444 



Sensible and Profitable Dairy Farming ... ... ... J. S. McFadze.an 455 



Dairying in the Winchelsea Shire ... ... ... ... J. M. Kerr 465 



Subsoiliiig ... ... ... ... ... ... A. S. Kenyon 467 



The Wine Industry in Soutliern France (co;i'h';i«f''Z) ... ... F. dt CcultUa 470 



Orchard Studies- 

 Ill. Shelter Belts ... ... ... ... ... E. E. Peficott 474 



Orchard and Garden Notes ... ... ... ... E. K. Pt.'^cott 4:11 



Hou.sehold Insect Pests ... ... ... ... ... C. French, jiui. 480 



Answers to Correspondents ... ... ... ... ... .. 483 



Journal ofAr/ricn/ture — Cop3'rigl)t Provisions and Subscription Rates in-ndeJrotU cover 



Publications i.'isued Ijy the Department of Agriculture ... insidtfrovt cover 

 Agricultural Education in Victoria — 



Dookie Agricultural College ... ... .. ... in^iide hark cover 



Longerenong Agricultural College ... ... ... inaide back cover 



Burnley School of Horticulture ... ... ... inside hark cover 



Wy una Irrigation Farm ... ... ... ... i)i-nrj,e hark cover 



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



Agricultural Clashes, 1910 ... ... ... inside hark cover 



The SmutH of Australia ... ... ... ... ... ... hack cover 



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