THE JOUl^iMAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



T7"icToi^i.A., ^^xjsTE. A-x-.i-A.- 



CONTENTS.— MAY, 1919. 





■Oovernment Cert iti cation of Stallions — Twelfth Annual Repoit 



(Season 191S-19; ... W. A. N. Hohotson, B.V.Sc. 



^upplenientaiy List of Ceititifd Stallions 



LoUum ■subulatum — " Wimmeia" Rve-Grass ... H. A. Midlett, B.Ag.Sc 



Common Ailments of the Pig ... ... ... ... R. T. ArcJwr 



Apple Culture in Vif'toiia ... ... .. J. Farrell 



Dairying at Bacchus Marsh ... - ... ... . H. C. ('hurches 



A Contribution to the Study of Hereditary Unsoundness in 



Horses ... , ' .. ... W. A. N. Robertson. B.V. He. 



Plans for an Ensilage Chute 



Army Agriculture 



Victorian Rainfall — First <.»uarter 1919 



Why Farmers should keep Milk Records 



•Orchard- and C4arden Notes 



Reminders for June 



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