THE JOIJR]ST^\L 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



'VICTOE.I.A., -A.XJSTE,A.LI^^. 



CONTENTS.— JUNE, 1912. 



PAGE. 



Wheat and its Cultivation... ... A. E. V. Rirhardson, M.A., B.Sc. {Agric.) .329 



Yield of Reconstituted Vineyard, Rutherglen ... ... G. H, Adcoclc 3.S9 



Propagation of Fruit Trees ... ... ... ... C. F. Cole .344 



Water Requirements of Crops ... ... /. W. Pati-rmn, B.Sr., Ph.D. 349 



Dairy Cow Test, Bunyip ... ... ... ... ... B. A. liarr 354 



Bee-keeping in Victoria ... ... ... ... ... F. R. Bcuhne .355 



Oeneral Notes ... ... ... ... ... ... . 35y 



"Weeds — Naturalized Aliens and Poison Plants of Victoria 



A. J. Eirart, D.Sc, Ph.D. S-IO 



Mint Cultivation ... ... ... .. ... ... J. Knight .361 



Fumigation for the Destruction of Scale Insects ... ... A. A. Hcimmond 366 



Review of Dairying Season ... ... ... ... i>^ Crave .375 



Second Victorian Egg-laying Competition ... .,.• ... ... ^^o 



Statistics ... ... ... ... ... ... .3gg 



Wheat Harvest, Victoria ... ... ... ,.. .3g'7 



Orchard and Garden Notes ... ... ... ... E. E. Pe^cott 387 



Answers to Correspondents ... ... ... ... ._. •^oq 



Reminders for July ... ... ... ... .^. ^ ono 



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