THE -JOXJRXx^^L 



OF 



THE DEPAPJWIENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



A. T. SHARP, Editor. 



CONTENTS.— JANUARY, 1912. 



T^ee-keeping in Victoria — Location ... 

 Bees and Spraying 



l)airy IVoducts from the London Market 

 Building Hints for Settlers — 



XVL Two-bail xMilking Shed ... 

 .Silos and Silage ... 

 Artificial Manures Acts — 



Unit Values for 1912 



List of Registered Fertilizers ... 

 Nhill Farm Competitions, 1911 

 Farm Elacksmithing — -Welding (conrinued) 

 Vine Diseases in France^Fungicide Sprays 

 Propagation of Fruit Trees — Pruning 

 ■Orchard and Garden Notes 

 A New Lucerne Trouble — Downy Mildew ... 

 Victorian Egg-laying Competition, 1911-12... 

 Insectivorous Birds of Victoria — Frontal Shrike Tit 

 The Olive — Propagation ... 

 Answers to Correspondents — 



Topping up Cockerels ... 71 Worms 



Non-Pregnancy ... ... 71 Itch 



Removal of Afterbirth ... 71 



^Reminders for February 



PAQB. 



F. R. Btuhne 1 



E. E. Pescotf and F. R. Beuhne 4 



R. Crowe 6 



J. Wihon 12 

 G. H. F. Baker 15 



P. R. Scott 



P. R. Scott 



A. E. V. Richardson 



G. Baxter 



F. de Ca^tdla 



C. F. Cole 



E. E. Pescott 



C. C. Brittlebank 



II. v. Haivkius 



C. French. Jiinr. 



L. Maidoiiald 



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