THE JOUR]NrAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



VICTOE.1^^, -A_XJSTE,^^LI.A-. 



CONTENTS.— MARCH, 1916. 



Wilson and A. J. Whdan 

 Temple A. J. Smith 



B.Sc, and W. llther Green, D.Sc. 

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



B. A. Barr 

 C. F. Cole 



J. M. Kerr 



Lamb-breeding Tests ... ... ... //. 



Surjjliis Lucerne Hay 

 Researches on Wheat Selection 



A. E. V. Richardson, M.A 

 Results of Experiments, 11)15 

 A Lesson on the Drought 

 The Walnut 

 The Practical Economy c' 8kim Milk 



Variations in the Plants from tht; same head of Wheat 



A. J. Ewart, D.Sc, Ph.D. 



Bee-keeping in Victoria ... ... ... ... ... f. R. Btuhne 



State Research Farm, Werril)ee — Meteorological Observations G. S. Gordon 



Share-farming Results 



Vernacular Names of Victorian I'lants 



A. J. Ewart, D.Sc, Ph.D., and C. S. Sutton, M.B., Ch.li. 



Dried Yeast as Food for Stock 



Fifth Victorian Egg-laying Competition, 1915-16 



Orchard and ( harden Notes ... ... ... E. E. Pescvtl 



Keuiinders 



PAOK 



129 



138 



140 

 147 

 15:i 

 l,-)4 

 10-J 



1(JS 

 170 

 178 

 179 



ISO 

 IS7 

 188 

 19(1 

 191 



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