THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



A. T. SHARP, Editor. 



CONTENTS.— DECEMBER, 1910. 



PAGB. 



Tobacco Culture ... ... ... ... ... ... T. A. ./. Smith I'll 



The Wine Industry in Southern I' ranee (coM<«'?Jited) ... ... F. de Ca-sfflla 753 



Irrigation (continued) ... ... ... ... ... G. H. To/ley 762 



Some Notes on Australian Meteorology and Weather Forecasting H. A. Hunt 769 



The Nature and Uses of Hard Seeds ... ... ... B. Bees 770 



Seed Tests — Fourth Series ... ... ...A. J. E wart and B. Bees 774 



Building Hints for Settlers — 



XIV. Mallee Roller ... ... ... ... ... A. S. Kenyan 780 



English Leicester Sheep ... ... ... ... ... H. W. Ham 784 



Export Lambs ... ... ... ... ... ... H. W. Ham 7H7 



Sheep Di/>/nng Act 1909 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 788 



Artificial Manures Acts — 



Analyses of Swrnples of R'anures collected in the State ... P. B. Scott 789 



Farm Milking Tests— Swan Hill Competition ... ... E. A. Byland 792 



Echuca Dairy Herd Competition ... ... ... ...J.S. UiFadzean 79.5 



Sulla Clover ... ... ... ... ... ... //. \Y. Budd 80O 



Analyses of Samples of Arsenate of Lead ... ... ... P.B.Scott Sol 



Orchard and Garden Notes ... ... ... ... E. E. Pe-^cott 803 



Bitter Pit and the Enzymes of the Apple ... ... ... J. White 805 



Slugs and Snails ... ... ... ... ... ... A. J. Ewart 807 



Foul Brood of Bees ... ... ... ... ... B. Beuhne 809 



Answers to ( 'orrespondents ... ... ... ... ... 811 



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