THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



A. T. SHARP, Editor. 



CONTENTS.— SEPTEMBER, 1910. 



PAGE. 



. Handling Grain in Bulk ... ... ... ... ... W. G. McRohtrb 549 



Value of Pedigree in Seed Wheat .. ... ... ... J. T. Pridham 553 



Dairying with Pure Stock ... ... ... E.J. Twrner 554 



Abortion in Cows ... ... ... ... ... J. A. Gilruth 559 



Checking and Controlling Swarming ... ... ... R. Beuhne 566 



Pump and Water Measurement ... ... ... ... A. S. Kenyon 568 



" .^cah " and Eel-worm in Potatoes ... ... ... E. S. Holmes .570 



Building Hints for Settlers — 



XL Farm Plumbing— Odd Jobs ... ... ... C.H.Wright 583 



Household Insect Pests (condMfZerf) ... ... ... C. French, jun. 5S8 



Testing Lucerne Seed ... ... ... ... A. J. Eivart avd B. Rees 592 



The Protection of Fish and Game ... ... .. ... J. M. Semmi'iis 595 



Spring Frosts ... ... ... ... ... ... F. de Castella 597 



Orchard and Garden Notes ... ... ... ... E. E. Pencott 605 



Answers to Correspondents .. .. ... ... .. 609 



A Labour-saving Contrivance ... ... ... ... E. A. Ryland 610 



Statistics— Quarter ended 30th June, 191U — 



Exports and Deliveries of Perishable and Frozen Produce... R. Crowe 612 



Imports and E.xports of Fruit, Plants, Bulbs, Grain, &e. ... J. G. Ttirner 612 



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