T'ETE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPAPvTMENT OF ArxRICULTUIlE, 



VICTOI^I^^, .A.TTSTIiA.rjI A.. 



CONTENTS.— FEBRUARY, 1919. 



-Minyi}) Crop and FuUdw Coinpetition 



Pear-(iio\ving in ^'il•t()^ia 



^lersey.s in the I >iier Districts 



Feeding — The Basis of Profit 



Ageing of HoTses 



< 'opper Fungicides for Vine Diseases 



The Culti\ation of Chicoiy 



The Passion Vine Longicorn Beetle 



Poultry I'arniing for Keturned Soldiers 



An Ingenious Fastening for a Cow- Hail 



The Australian (,'liniate ... 



\'iet(jrian llainfall — Fourth Quarter, 1918 



Mothering Orphan Foals ... 



Orchard and Garden Notes 



Penainclers for March 



H. A. 3Iul''tt. a.Ay.Sc. 



E. Wallis 



... J. S. .McFadzean 



ir. J. Yiiiii 



R. W. Joh)i^l»ne, B.V.Sc. 



F. de C'aitclla 



J. W. Audas 



C Frenrli. jun. 



. . A. r. D. Hint Old 



M. I'hotnas 



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