TliE JOURJNAL 



OF 



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rilE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



•\7-lOTORIA., -A.'CrSTK.A.LI^A.. 



CONTENTS.— NOVEMBER, 1912. 



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Bee-keeping in Victoria ... ... ... ... ... F. R. Beuhne 649 



Lucerne and Ensilage ... John W. Pafer-ion, B.Sc, Ph.D., and P. B. Scott 653 



Replenishing the Dairy Herd ... ... ... .. Af. 'J'homas 657 



Irrigation in the Early Days ... ... ... ^..9. Keinjon, G.E. 658 



An Insect Pest of the " Cmrajong " ... ... ... C. French, J nr. 662 



General Notes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 664 



Fruit Trade of Victoria ... ... ... ... ... E. Meeking 666 



Sheep Dipping ... ... ... ... ... ... A. W. CurltwiH 671 



Shearers' Hut Accommodcition Act ... ... ... ... ... 673 



Relative Solubility of the Pliosphoric Acid in Rock Phospliate anil Bonedust ... 676 



Geranium Cultivation for Essential Oil ... ... ... J. Kniyht 677 



Analysis of Artificial Manures ... ... ... ... P. B. Scott 681 



On Wattles and Wattle Bark ... ... A. J. Ficart, D.Sc, Ph.D. 684 



Second Victorian P>gg-laying Competition, 1912-13 ... ... H. V. HatvHns 692 



Wheat and its Cultivation ... ... A. E. V. Uicliardson, M.A., B.Sc. 694 



Exports- Perishable and Frozen Produce ... ... ... ... B. Croive 708 



Imports and Exports— Fruit Plants, Bulbs, &c. ... ... C. T. Cole "JO^ 



Orchard and Garden Notes ... ... ... ... F. F. Pescott 709 



Reminders ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 712 



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