THE JOUR,iSrAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



VICTOK,!^^, ^^XJSTE.^^LI^^- 



CONTENTS.— JANUARY, 1916. 



PAGE 



Artificial Fertilizers Act— Unit Values, 1916 ... ... P.R.Scott 1 



Inspection under the Artificial Fertilizers Act 



P. R. Scott and W. C. Rohei-tson 15 



Farmers' Field Day — Rutherglen Experiment Farm ... ... .. ... 18 



Victorian Fresh Grapes at the Panama-Pacific Exposition ... F. de Castella 31 



The Dairy Cow as a Machine ... ... ... ... B. A. Barr 34 



Relationship between the Average Wheat Yield and the Winter 



Rainfall ... ... ... ... A. E. V. Rkhardmn, M.A., B.Sc. 37 



Report on Experiment in Picking, Packing, Handling, Cool 



Storage, and Transportation of Peaches ... ... E. Meekimj 41 



Vernacular Names of Victorian Plants 



A. J. Ewart, D.Sc, Ph.D., and Satton, M.B., Ch.B. 55 



Fifth Victorian Egg-laying Competition, 1915-16 ... ... ... ... 59 



Orchard and Garden Notes ... ... .. ... E. E. Pescott Gl 



Reminders ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ... 63 



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