THE JOUKiNAL 



OF 



THE DI^PARTMENT OF AGRKJULTURE, 



VIGTOI?.I..A.^ A.XTSTI?,A.nL,I^^. 



CONTENTS.— AUGUST, 1919. 



Apple Culture in Victoria ... ... ... ... J. Farrdl 



Poultry Rearing — Equipment of the Poultry Farm- Incubation of Egy,s 



.4. r. IJ. Iliatoul 



-Manuring for Profit — Results of Experiments in Potato Cultivation 



J. T. Ramsay 



Pioneer Settlements in District* of Heavy Rainfall H. A. Miiili'ft, B.Ag.Sc. 



•Co^jper Fungicides ... ... ... ... .., F. di'. Ca<frl/a 



Farm Notes for Jul}' — State Research Farm, Werribee 



Farm Notes for June and July— E.xperiment Farm, Rutherglen 



Tomato Disease.s . ... ... ... ... C. C. Brilt/eliaiik 



Tlie Mineral Requiiements of the Dairy Cow ... * ... E. W. Murphy^ 



Sheep Cla.ssing ... 



Milk and Unpleasant Odours 



•Co-operation in Auckland 



■Orchard and Garden Notes 



Reminders for September ... ... • 



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