THE JOURNAL 



OF 



THE DEl^ARTMENT OF AGR[CULTURE, 



■VIOTOI?.I^A., .A.XJSTI?.^^I-.I-A.. 



CONTENTS.— AUGUST, 1912. 



PAQB. 



AVheat and its Cultivation... ... A. E. V. Uichfurhon, M.A., B.Sc. [Agric.) 457 



"i he Olive ... ... ... ... ... ... L. Macdonald 465 



Bee-keeping in Victoria ... ... ... ... ... F. R. Beuhne 472 



Rose Cultivation... ... ... ... ... ... Joseph Knkiht 478 



(General Notes ... ... .. ... ... ... ••• .•• 483 



Destructive Scale Insects .. . ... ... ... .. f >-aich, Jnr. 485 



^Arsenate of Lead... ... ... ... ... ... P. R.Scott 486 



Basis Wines ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 488 



"1 he Etiology of Contagious Diseases ... W. A. X. J'oherison, B.V.Sc. 489 



Unprofitable Orchards ... ... ... ... ... E. Wallig 504 



'Herd Testing ... ... ... ... W. A. X. Jiobertson, B.V.Sc. 511 



•Orchard and Garden Notes ... ... ... ... E. E. Pescott 513 



Second Victorian Egg-laying Competition ... ... H. V. Hau-hins 515 



Victorian Produce ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 517 



Import and Export of Perishable Products ... ... ... ... ... 518 



Kainfall ... ... .. ... .. ... ... ... 519 



Reminders ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 520 



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