THE JOLJK,NAL 



OF 



THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



■VlCOrOI?,!^^, J^TJST:EiJ^lL.TJ^. 



CONTENTS.— SEPTEMBER, 1912. 



Some Result.s in Fallowing Land ... 



Lucerne Plants 

 Bee-keeping in Victoria 

 General Notes 

 Mischievous Dodder, The 

 Propagation of Fruit Trees 

 Wheat and its Cultivation 

 Profitable Dairy Cow, A ... 

 Vine Moth Caterpillar Parasite 

 How to make a Blood Smear 

 Red Polls as Butter Producers 

 Paspaluin for Hill Pastures 

 Fruit Trade of Victoria, The 

 Vernacular Names of Victorian Plants 



Good Salt House, Lick, and Device for Foot Rot 



Second Victorian Egg-laying Competition, 1912-13 



Hints to Settlers .. 



Orchard and Garden Notes 



Answers to Correspondence 



Reminders 



NEW YOf^K 

 eOTANlCAl. 



John W. Pal^rson, B.Sc, Ph.D., 

 and P. R. Scott 



F. R. Beuhne 



C. F. Cole 

 A. E V. RirhardsoH, M.A., B.Sc. 



C. French, Jnr. 

 W. A. N. Boher/son, B.V.Sc. 



R. G. Thrdfall 



E. AJeeking 



A. J. Ewart, n sv., Ph.D , and 



C. S. S niton, M.B., Ch.B. 



H. V. Hawkins 



J. WilsoJi 



E. E. Pt'icott 



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