The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria . ttached. In the acquirement of these blocks, the transaction, so far as the of the land is concerned, will be with the Closer Settlement Board,it being a requirement that the deposit and subsequent instalments be paidby the settler without assistance from the Government. It is probable,however, that, in order to more quickly establish the industry and providean acreage of beet up to the maximum capacity of the factory, the Depart-ment of Agriculture will be authorized, as in the case of Boisdale, to makeadvances to desirable a
The Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria . ttached. In the acquirement of these blocks, the transaction, so far as the of the land is concerned, will be with the Closer Settlement Board,it being a requirement that the deposit and subsequent instalments be paidby the settler without assistance from the Government. It is probable,however, that, in order to more quickly establish the industry and providean acreage of beet up to the maximum capacity of the factory, the Depart-ment of Agriculture will be authorized, as in the case of Boisdale, to makeadvances to desirable and suitable settlers of a sufificiency of money topurchase stock and implements adequate to the running of the dairyportion of the farm, to the extent of making a living in the intervalbetween the acquirement of the land and the harvesting of the first beetcrop. The repayment of all such loans will be secured by a lien on thestock so purchased and on the resulting crop of beet; but repayment maynot, in all cases, be insisted on after the first BOISDALE BEET SIDING AND STATION. 154 Journal of Yic. [lo March. 1912. WORMS IX SHEEP. By S. S. Cameron, , Of the domestic animals that are kept in large numbers to ministerto tlie wants of man the sheep is the least subject to attacks of , the goat, the donkey, the mule, and the cat are much more disease-resistant, but amongst domesticated animals in the economic sense thesemay be considered a negligible quantity. Sheep are but slightly liableto the ordinary ailments of an inflammatory or sporadic nature, which areof frequent occurrence in horses and cattle, such as colic, pneumonia,pleurisy, enteritis, impaction, or constipation. They are also remarkablyimmune against germ diseases; and except for anthrax, malignant catarrh,foot and mouth disease, braxy, and one or twO other contagious diseasesof somewhat mild characLcr the ovine species is free from the attack ofdisease scourges which decima
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