THE JOURNAL 



OF 



TIIK DEPAl'JMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



VICTOOBI^^, -A.XJSTR.A.LI A.. 



CONTENTS.— JUNE, 1917. 



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Report on Kgghiyiii^' Competicions for 1916-17 ... .. A. Hurt 321 



Apple Culture in Vii-toria ... ... J. Farrell HS'.i 



The Milling of Wheat in Victoria .. F. Rankin Scott and F. O. B. Winslow 349 



Agricultural Teaching at the University .. ... .. ... ... 358 



Economic Treatmenlof Farm Slaughtered .'\Miriinls ... J.C.Marshall 367 



Breeding for the Daily . .. .. R.R.Kerr 373 



Berseem or Egyptian Clover ... R. T. ihKinzie 374 



How France is Stimulating Agncultural Production ... .. ... 375 



An Orange Grove Pe-t ... ... ... ... S. A. Cock 376 



Rainfall -.March Quarter, 1917 ... . . 377 



The Sunflower — Crop worth Experimenting with . . ... ... 379 



Orchard and Garden Notes . . 381 



Reminders for July . ... . 38i 



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