THE JOURKAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



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T. HOPKIMS, Acting Editor. 



CONTENTS.— FEBRUARY, 1912. 



The Pig Industry 

 Diseases of Farm Animals ... 

 Wheat and its (..'ultivation... 

 Propagation of Fruit Trees 



R. T. Archer 



S.S. Cameron, D. V.Sc, M.R.G. V.S. 



... A. E. V. Richardson, M.A., B.Sc. (Agric.) 



... ... ... C. F. Cole 



Tlie Shipment of Grapes and other Soft Fruits 



The Liglit-Brown Apple Moth 



Bee-keeping in Victoria 



Vine Diseases in France 



Potato 1 Jigging Machines ... 



Farm Blacksmitliing 



The Olive 



Orchard and Garden Notes 



Reminders for March 



Statistics 



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



F. de Caslella 



C. French, Jvnr. 



F. R. Beuhne 



F. de Caslella 



G. Si-ymonr 



G. Baxter 



L. Macdonald 



E. E. Pescott 



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