THE JOUi:^NAL 



OF 



THE DF.PARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



V^ICTOIiI.A., -A.XJSXH^ei.LIu^. 



CONTENTS.— MARCH, 1919. 



Xliill Farm Competitions 1918 



-Apple Cultuie in Victoria 



il-tesults of Wheat Variety and Manurial Tiials 1918-19 



Tssts witli Flax Varieties at State Research Farm ... 



Oreen Miwiurial Crops and "Take All " 



<^^'loser Settlement Studies — A Miniature Dairy Farm 



Trap Nesting 



Miirketing Kggs 



The Australian Flora from an Ornamental Aspect ... 



Planting and Reconstitution of Vineyanls ... 



Orchard and Garden Notes ... 



Iveiiiiuclers 



H. A. 



. MuUett, B.Ag.Sc. 

 J. Farrell 



George S. Gordon 



C. C. BriWebank 



R. C. Larimer 



W. G. Rugfj 



A. V. D. Rintoul 



E. Pescott, F.L.S. 



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