The Poultry Yard Month by Month. 



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The following feeding menu is a good one : — 



Chicks to Three Weeks Old. 



Vry Mash. 



1 part hy measure coarse oatmeal. 



2 ,, ,, vvheaten bran. 

 1 ,, ,, mealie meal. 



3 ,, ,, Crayferine. 



Grain Mixture {in sand). 

 1 part by measure crushed kaffir corn. 

 1 ,, ,, finely crushed maize. 



1 ,, ,, crushed wheat. 



1 ,, ,, coarse oatmeal. 



1 ,, ,, Inyati. 



The above mash should be fed in a hopper so constructed that no waste 

 will occur, and should be open from say 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., then shut until 

 1 p.m., and open again until 3 p.m. At 11 a.m. a feed of the above grain 

 mixture should be given, and again at 4 p.m. : it is essential that the last feed 

 be of grain. No food of any description is necessary until the chicks are 

 24 to 36 hours old. Water may be supplied with the first feed, and should 

 always be available afterwards. 



Plant Nurseries in Quarantine as at 1st August, 1922. 



CITRUS CANKER ERADICATION. 



INSPECTION WORK, JULY, 1922 



Fartits Inspected — 



liustenhurg District (Hex Itiver Ward). — Buffelspoort No. 668, Spruitfun- 



tein No. 349, Groen Kloof No. 418, Rhenosterfontein No. 646, Buffels- 



hoek No. 900, Rietfontein No. 431, Roodekopjes No. 171, Bokfontein 



No. 647, Waterval No. 544, Elands Drift No. 248. 



Pretoria District {Crocodile Itiver Ward^. — De Kroon No. 420, Zandspruit 



No. 379. 

 Waterherg District (Nylstroom Ward). — Roodepoort No. 2148. 

 Fresh Infection- — Nil. 

 Fresh Outbreaks — Nil. 

 Total Number Inspected — 



Nursery trees, 22,534; trees other than nursery, 12,647; trees found 



infected, nil. 

 Nuniber of inspectors engaged, 21. 



