THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURK 



A. T. SHARP, Editor. 



CONTENTS.— NOVEMBER, 1910. 



PAGB. 



Irrigation G. H. Tolley 677 



The Spread of Weeds and of Plant Diseases ... ... A. J. Ewart 689 



Wild " (brasses " for Weaving . ... ... ... A. J. Ewart 694 



Plants Indifjawus to Victoria, Vol. II. ... ... ... ••• •• 694 



Nuclei for Mating Queen Bees ... ... ... ... R. Beuhne 695 



Tomato-Growing in the North ... ... ... ... L. Macdonald 696 



Dairy Value in Show Stock ... ... ... ... J. S. McFadzean 703 



Building Hints for Settlers — 



XIII. Concrete Fencing Posts ... ... ... ... T. J. Sledge 706 



Potato Experimental Fields, 1909-10 ... ... ... G. Seymour 711 



Prospects of the Coining Fruit Crop ... ... ... P. J. Carmody 723 



Orchard and Garden Notes ... ... ... ... E. E. Pescott 726 



Lime-water Bordeaux for Spraying ... ... ... D. McAlpine 728 



Reputed Poison Plants ... ... ... ... A. C. H. Rothera 733 



Egg-laying Competition, 1911-12, Burnley School of Horticulture ... ... 736 



A;iswers to Correspondents ... ... ... ... ... ••• 737 



Statistics— Quarter ending .SOth September, 1910— 



Rainfall in Victoria ... ... ... ... ... H. A. Hunt 739 



Exports and Deliveries of Perishable and Frozen Produce... R. Crowe 740 



Imports and Exports of Fruit, Plants, Bulbs, Grain, &c. ... J.G. Turner 740 



Journal of Arjricidture — Copyright Provisions and Subscription Rates inside front cover 



Publications issued by the Department of Agriculture ... inside front cover 

 Agricultural Education in Victoria — 



Dookie Agricultural College ... ... ... ... inside hack cover 



Longerenong Agricultural College ... ... ... inside hack cover 



Burnley School of Horticulture ... ... ... inside hack cover 



Wyuna Irrigation Farm ... ... ... .•■ inside hack cover 



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