Notes. 103 



The following sprayings, Mr. Putterill emphasizes, are essential, 

 and should on no account be omitted : — 



1. When the buds are breaking and the leaves just showing. 



2. When the blossom buds have opened, but while the 



individual blossoms are still closed ; that is about ten days 

 later than 1. 



3. When the last petals are falling; about ten days later 



than 2. 



4. Ten days to two weeks after 3. 



5. Five weeks later. 



The practical side of the question in respect of the cost of spray- 

 ing is also dealt with in the bulletin, both in the control of pear 

 scab or fusicladium and of codling-moth, it being estimated that the 

 sprayed tree will give a net return of 4s. over the unsprayed one, 

 in addition to the improved vitality of the tree as a result of the 

 spraying. 



Government Scholarships. 



In pursuance of the practice that has been carried out for several 

 years past, ten scholarships were granted last year by the Government 

 for the purpose of enabling promising South Africans to proceed over- 

 seas for a continuation of study of an agricultural nature. The names 

 of the students receiving these scholarships and the subjects they, 

 proposed to qualify in were published in the November, 1921, issue of 

 the Journal. 



This year six scholarships have been granted, but not for oversea 

 study. The establishment at Onderstepoort of the first veterinary col- 

 lege in South Africa was indicative of the progress of the country and 

 of the importance of its pastoral industries. The farming community 

 now recognize the outstanding services rendered by veteiinarians in 

 greatly extending the possibilities of South Africa in the raising of 

 live stock, and are alive also to the need of ensuring our future develop- 

 ment by making adequate provision for obtaining officers qualified 

 to cope with the peculiar problems met with in the live stock industry 

 of this country. The college at Onderstepoort is designed to meet this 

 need both in men qualified to take up duties in Government service 

 and to act as private practitioners, and it was, in view of the former, 

 therefore, that this year the Government has granted six scholarships 

 (£50 per annum for three years) for the assistance of students taking 

 their course for the degree of Bachelor of Veterinary Science at 

 Onderstepoort. A condition of the grant is that the recipient, on the 

 satisfactory completion of his studies, shall be at the disposal of the 

 Department for three years' service. The students selected are 

 Messrs. M. Bergh, W. J. Green, C. Mare, J. Quin, Ph. Snyman, and 

 J. G. Williams. 



Mention may be made of the sdiolarships that are provided under 

 the Orange River Colony Act, No. 34, 1909, but which are available 

 only for children of the inhabitants of the Orange Free State. Four 

 such were offered this year for study in animal husbandry, tobacco 

 and cotton, and agricultural economics. 



