THE JOIJKNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGIUCULTURE, 



"V"IOTOR,I.A., J^XJST:RA.1LjTA.. 



CONTENTS.— DECEMBER, 1919. 



PAOK 



<Juyen Farm Competition— Report of the Judge ... H. A. M-uUett, B.Ag.Sc. 705 



The Sugar Beet Industry ... ... ... .. W. L. Williajiis 722 



.Standard Te.st Cows— Report for Quarter Ended 30th Septetnber, 1919- 730 



Poultry Ailments ... ... ... A. V. D. Rinloul ayid H. F. Clinlon 744 



Farmers' Field Day at Longerenong Agricultural College ... ... . 750 



Tobacco Culture ... ... ... ... Temple A. J. Smith 755 



Tractor Trials at Werribee ... .. ... ... ■•• ■■ 757 



Notes on Experimental Plots, State Research Farm, Werribee, 



November, 1919 ... ... ... ... ... G.S.Gordon 759 



Farm Notes for November^Experimental Farm, Rutherglen P. B. O'Keefp 763 



Barley and Whey for Pigs ... .. ... ... . • 765 



•Orchard and Garden Notes ... ... ... ... ... .. 765 



Keminders ... ... ... ... .-. ••• ■• 767 



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