

THE JOUIiNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



CONTENTS.— APRIL, 1919. 



PAOK 



Report on Goroke Crop and Fallow Competition, 1918 H. A. MuUett, B.Ag.Sc. 193 



Pear Growing in Victoria ... ... ... ••• E. Wallis 207 



Results of Wheat Variety and Manurial Trials, Season 1918-19 (II.) ... ... 217 



The Flax Indu.<»try ... ... ... ... •• J. Robilliard 222 



Tomato Diseases ... ... ... ■■■ ••• C C. BritUebank 231 



Standard Test Cows— Report for December Quarter, 1918 ... ... •■ 236 



The Australian Flora from an Ornamental Aspect ... E. E. Pescott, F.L.S. 242 



The Jet usalem Artichoke ... ... •. J. W. Audas, F.L.S. 246 



Next Season's Wheat Crop 

 Stallion Parades— 1919 Time-table 

 Orchard and Garden Notes 

 Reminders for May 



248 

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