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BreediiKj Pens. — Tlie uuiiiber of lieii.s in the breeding pens may lie incieased 

 2o per cent, if fertility has been good. Get all the eggs possible iu incubatois 

 or under hens of the heavy breed varieties, and start this niontli to hatch light 

 breed varieties. 



Windhr",aks. — Windbreaks or screens should be made to enable the birds to 

 obtain shelter from the prevailing wind this month especially as young stock, 

 unless they have protection of this kind, will not thrive, and laying hens will 

 not produce as hea\ily as they Avould do if in comfort. 



Insects. — Dip all fowls in a commercial carbolic dip made accoiding to 

 directions, and do this regularly each month from now onwards so as to keep 

 down insects. Tlii' houses, nests, liroodius, etc., should also l»e sprayed regularly 

 \\itli a strong solution of dip to ward off tliseaso and keep insects in check; if 

 the houses are first painted with solignuui or carbolineum, it will help greatly, 

 as well as preserve the woodwoi'k of the house. Whitewash the roofs of the 

 liouses with a faii'ly thick whitewash to which has been added a lil>eral amount 

 o\' coarse salt. 



NOTES FROM THE "GAZETTE." 



Attention is drawn to the following matt-ers of interest which appeared in 

 the Union Government Gazette: — 



(Abbreviations: " Pi-oc." — Proclamation; " Ct.N." — Government Notice.) 

 Gazette. 

 No. Date. Item. 



1242 16/6/22 In connection with the advances made by the Government for 

 the erection of certain dividing fences in the Division of Vry- 

 burg, an annual levy of 5s. has been ordered to be collected 

 from each adult male inhabitant concerned for the years 1922 

 to 192o inclusive. (Proc. No. 93.) 

 Dr. H. H. Green and Dr. J. F. van Zyl have been designated 

 Analysts of Pest Remedies, in terms of the Fertilizers, Farm 

 Foods, Seeds, and Pest Remedies Act, as from 2nd June, 1922. 

 ■ (G.N. No. 938.) 

 For purposes of the Scab Regulations, a portion of the Ward 

 Lower River Zonderend, C'aledon District, has been declared 

 a protected area. (G.N. No. 942.) All sheep and goats, with 

 the exception of those coming from protected and semi- 

 protected areas, entering the District of Beaufort West will 

 be subject to the permit and dipping restrictions of the Scab 

 Regulations. (G.N. No. 943.) The Hoopstad District, with 

 llie exception of two farms, and a certain portion of the 

 adjoining District of Boshof have been declared protected 

 areas. (G.N. No. 965.) 



1242 16/6/22 The disinfection and dipping of cattle required by the Stock 



1244 22/6/22 Disease Regulations have Ijeen ordered as follows: (a) Every 



1245 30/6/22 five days in the five-day dip for portions of Bergville, 

 1247 7/7/22 Babanango, Vryheid, Ngotshe, Paulpietersburg, Camper- 

 down, Piet Retief, Nqutu, Umvoti, Lower Tugela, Weenen. 

 Richmond, Impendhle ; (b) every seven days in the seven-day 

 dip for portions of Carolina and Lvdenburg. (G.N. Nos. 948, 

 955, 987, 1025, 1064.) 



1242 16/6/22 The compulsory branding of cattle in a distinctive manner with 

 a registered brand has been ordered for all cattle on various 

 farms in the District of Carolina to be completed within sixty 

 days from 13th June, 1922. (G.N. No. 953.) 

 Under the Fertilizers Act, the minimum content in basic slag of 

 phosphoric oxide soluble in citric acid has been fixed at 10 

 per cent, instead of 12 per cent. (G.N. No. 963.) 



1247 7/7/22 Various lots of Crown lands in the Field Cornetcy of Achter 

 Paarl will be sold by public auctioi' nt Klapmuts on the 23rd 

 August. (G.N, No. 805.) 



