THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



VICTOI^I-A., .A.XJSTIi.^LIA.. 



CONTENTS.— APRIL, 1916. 



Hand Feeding Dairy Cows 



Apple Drying ... 



Insect Pests of the Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Garden 



Tree Planting 



Reclamation of Plain Land in South Gippsland 



The Social Side of Farm Life 



Note on Lambs for Export 



Vernacular Names of Victorian Plants 



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



Bee-keeping in Victoria ... 



Science and Agriculture — A Rem.irkable Discovei y 



Fifth Victorian Egg-laying Competition, 1915-16 



Orchard and (warden Notes 



Reminders 



B. A. Ban 



J. Farrell 



C. French, Jnr. 



E. Wallis 



Temple A. J. Smith 



A. Strahan 



A. J. Black 



S. Sutton, M.B., Ch.B. 

 F. B. Beuhne 



I'J. Ii/\ Pescott 



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