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THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



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CONTENTS.— DECEMBER, 1912. 



Cood and Faulty Cheeses Exhibited at the Royal Show, 1912 ... 



Storage Test of Shipping Grapes 



General Notes 



Insect Pest of the New Zealand Flax 



Leongatha Labour (/olony (Trustees' Report) 



Fodder Crops for Northern Areas under Irrigation on Small 

 Holdings ... 



Results of Spraying for Irish Blight 



Fruit Prospects for the Coming Season 



Bee-keeping in Victoria 



O. C. Sawers 

 F. dt Ca-stdla 



G. French, Jnr. 



T. A. J. Smith 



O. Seymour 



P. J. Carmody 



F. R. Beuhne 



Putrefaction and Decay 



Rainfall in Victoria 



Haystack Building 



Notes on the Occurrence of Lime in Victoria 



Orchard and Garden Notes 



Second Victorian Egg-laying Competition, 1912-L^ 



Reminders for January 



J no. W. Paterson, B.Sc, Ph.D. 



T. A. J. Smith 



A. S. Kenyon, C.E. 



E. E. Pescott 



H. V. Hawkins 



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