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THE DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTURE. 



J.. T. SHARP, Editor. 



CONTENTS.— OCTOBER, 1910. 



The Position of Apiculture amongst the Rural Industries 

 The Advantages of Good Combs in the Production of Honey .. 

 Closer Settlement Studies — 



II. A Metropolitan Dairy Farm 

 The Handling of Eggs 

 Dairying in the Shire of Glenelg 

 Sheep Dipping {co??c('?<rfe'^/)... 

 Fatty Disease of the Liver in Pregnant Ewes 

 Educational Facilities at the Viticultural College 

 Artificial Manures Acts — 



Analjses of Samples of Manures collected in the State 

 The Influence of Stubble Burning on the Fertility of the Soil .. 

 Building Hints for Settlers — 



XII. Farm Sanitation 

 The Chestnut 



'I he Wine Industry in Southern France {continued) ... 

 Tl- view —A Bexfarch on the Pines of Australia 

 Analyses of Samples of Arsenate of Lead 

 Orchard and Garden Notes 

 A. iswers to Correspondents 



Journal of Agriculture — Copy right Provisions and Subscription 

 Piil)lications issued by the Department of Agriculture 

 'J he Smuts of Australia 

 Agricultural Education in Victoria — 



Dookie Agricultural College ... 



Longerenong Agricultural College 



Burnley School of Horticulture 



^\'yuna Irrigation Farm 



Lectures on Agricultural Subjects 



i?. Beuhne 

 B. Beuhne 



, J. M. B. Connor 



II. V. Haiokins 



. P. B. O'Keefe 



H. W. Ham 



J. A. GUruth 



G. H. Adcock 



P. B. Scott 

 A. J. Ewart 



G. H. Wrir/ht 

 F. de Caste/la 

 F de Gastella 



P. B. Scott 

 E. E. Pescott 



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