IV 



Index. 



Cattle— 



Reariiifj Calves on Substitutes 

 for Milk, &o. .. ..617 



Report on Departmental 

 Herd, 1915-16 .. .. 76 



Value of a Pure-bred Dairy 

 Sire . . . . . . 166 



Cattle Diseases — 

 Mammitis . . . . 116 



Ricliets. f'ri|i|>les, and 



Paralysis . . 44'J 



Clieddar Cliecsi'- making — Notes 



on 470 



Cheese Pool Suggested . . 4.'!7 



Cheese Factory Vats — Specifi- 

 cations and Plans . . 75.5 

 Cheese Industry as it Affects the 

 Victorian Farmer . . . . 435 



Cheese, Cheddar — Notes on Mak- 

 ing .. ..470 



Clierry Borer Moth . . . . 310 



Churches, H. C— 

 Growing Maize under Irriga 

 tion . . . . 635 



Cock, S. A.— 

 An Orange Grove Pest (Apple 

 Moth) .. .. .. 376 



Commonwealth Advisory Coun- 

 cil of Science, &c. — 

 Abstract of Report by Execu- 

 tive Committee . . . . 625 



First Progress Report of 

 Special Committee on 

 Damage to Grain by Weevils 494 

 Co-operation and Credit in Ger- 

 many . . . . . . :i 1 3 



Co-operative Ownership of Bulls 312 

 Cotton-growing in Australia . . 178 

 Cows — Standard Test — - 

 Annual Rejjort . . . . 513 



Quarterly Reports .. 184,345, 



513,729 



Cripples — Prevention of . . 449 



Crop and Fallow Competitions, 



Nhill . . . . . . 169 



Curlewis, A. C. — 



Sheep Dipping . . . . 634 



Davey, H. W.— 

 Weeds . . . . . . 427 



Dowling, G.— 



Handling of Poultry . . 661 



Downy Mildew — Notes on . . 685 



Drainage, Underground — Benefit 

 of . . . . . . TOO 



Droll? lit on our Western Border 

 — Observations on . . . . 508 



Ear-marking of Sheep and 



Cattle 302 



Economic Policy and Agricul- 

 tural Education .. 218 

 Efiiciency, Agricultural — In- 

 crease in Germany . . ■ ■ 204 

 Egg-laying Competitions at 

 Burnley, 1916-17 — Report on 321 



Page 

 Egyptian Clover or Bersecm , . 374 

 Kiitomologv — 



Cherry Borer Mcth .. 310 



Destructive Insects of Planes 

 and Elms . . . . 308 



Light-brown Apple Moth . . 370 

 Painted Apple Moth . . 300 



Evaporation of Apples 589, 671, 734 

 Euart, A. J. — 



1'lu' Algaroba Tree . , . . '^49 



Farm Tools — 

 Bench Vice . . ..311 



Brush for Lime-washing Covv 

 Bjres .. .. .. 504 



Saw — Hints on Dressing . . 631 

 Farm-slaughtered ' Animals — 



Economic Treatment of . . 367 

 Farmers' Classes for 1917 — Par- 

 ticulars of . . . . 25.5 



Farmers' Convention at Ben- 



digo — Papers read at 421, 427, 435 

 ■ Farmers, Win-the-war . . 228 



Farrcll. ,1 — 



Apple Culture in Victoria 24, 140. 

 277, 333, 385, 4.57, 542, 577 

 Feeder, Automatic — Plans of . . 763 

 Fertilizers Act — 



Annual Report. 1915-16 .. 65 



Unit Values, 1917 . . .. 17 



Fluke in Sheep ' . . . . 705 



Flv, House, The . . . . 828 



Food— World Shortage of . . 237 

 Food Problems of the'Worl.l . . 197 

 French. C, jun. — ■ 

 Destructive Insects of Planes 

 and Elms . . . . . . SOS 



Fruit and Poultry . . . . 656 



Fruit Prospects, 1917-18 .. 724 



Furze .. .. ..432 



Gamble, W.— 



Poultry and Fruit . . . . 656 



Garden and Orchard Notes 61, 126, 

 189, 317, 381, 509, .573, 637, 701 

 German Challenge to British 

 Agriculture . . . . 198 



Government Statist's Report of 

 Yield of Wheat Harvests for 

 1915-16 and 1916-17 .. 307 



Grain in Store — Damage by In- 

 sects .. .. ..494 



Grass, T. H.— 

 Underground Drainage and its 

 Benefits .. .. ..700 



Grasses, Victorian .. .. Yll 



Hagelthorn, Hon. F. W.— 



Food Problems of the World 195 

 Hart, A. — 

 Egg-laving Competition at 

 Burnley, 1916-17— Report on 321 

 Hemlock . . . ■ . . 434 



Herd Testing — Annual Report, 

 1916-17 .. .. ..513 



Hides — How to Dress . . 367 



