THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURK, 



■V"iOTOE,i.A.. j>^xj&t:ra.il.tj^. 



CONTENTS.- OCTOBER, 1919. 



TAGK 



7\ Keuord uf the Pait of the Department of Agriculture in the 



European War, \914-19 ... ... ... ... •■ 577 



Pear Growing in Victoria ... ... ... ... I'^- 11 «?/(•< 58o 



Chicken Rearing and Poultry Feeding ... ... A.V. D. Bintoul 59ti 



Ke-Pnining of Vines Damaged by Fro,st, Hail, &c. ... ... F. de Casfelhi 60(5 



Farm Notes for Septenil>er — State Research Farm, Werribee ... •• fil5 



Farmers' Field Day at Werribee ... .. ... .. 62"J 



Diseases of Plants New to Victoria ... ... .. C. C. BrUlhlmnk 6-2(5 



Farm Gates ... ... ... ... .. ... W.Adams 629 



Silage in Relation to Acidity in Milk ... ... /.. M. McNab. B.Ag.Sc. (53H 



Rainfall in Victoria — 2nd Quarter, 1919 ... ... ... •• . 634 



Australian Wheat Succe.s.sfuU^' Grown in India ... ... .• •■• 635 



Whitewash as a Paint Substitute ... ... ... .. ... ■•• 636 



Orchard and Garden Notes ... ... ... .. E. E. Pe^cotf 636 



Reminders for November ... ... ... ... .• ••• 639 



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