TUK JOIJKNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



'v^iCTOi^i.A.. ^^ rj stra.il, I A.. 



CONTENTS.— NOVEMBER. 1919 



\\hi(;h Victorian 



Some Direction> 

 Developetl 



Is Change of Seed Xecessarv in the Culti\ ation of Potaioe-^ 



Pear Growling in Victoria 



The Improvement of the Dairy Industry 



Manures and Fertilizers for Tobacco 



Egg Pulp and Cool Storage 



The Importance of Lime in Agriculture 



farm Notes for October — State Research Farm, Werribee 



Farm Notes for October — Rutherglen Ex{>erimental Farm 



A Note on the Economy of Silos in Farm Management 



Co-Operation for Farmers 



Victorian Rainfall— Third Quarter. 1919 



Iceland Poppj- Disease 



Orr-hard and Garden Not e> 



Agriculture mav be 



A. E. V. Richardson. M.A.. B.Sc. 



J. T. Ramsay 



E. Wali;-^ 



. J. .b'. McFadzean 



Temple A. J. Smith 



... A. V. D. Rintoiil 



Temph A. J. Smith 



H. C. Wilson 



P. B. O'Keefe 



.. C. C. Brittkbank 

 E. E. Pe^cott. F.L.S. 



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 683 

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 695 

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