CONTENTS. 



OCTOBER, 1922. 



Page 



NOTKS 28» 



Sheep Breeding for Export — The Wire-worm of Sheep — AdvertisiDg the Union's 

 Products— The Export of South African Produce : An Essential — Mushroim 

 Growing — Hoven in Cattle : A Grea ly Improved Stomach-tube— 'J'he Control 

 of Red Scale in Pears— Winter Vacation Shori. Courses, 1922— South African 

 Ground-nuts : Oversea Confectionery Trade— The Irrigated Wheat Soils of 

 Zeerust — Soils of the Eastern Transvaal Low Veid — Wood- Destroying Fungi 

 in the Orchard— Fruit and Vegetables : A Large Advertising Campaign— The 

 Position of East Coast Fever— New Development in the Pouliry industry — 

 The Export of Lucerne — The Jou- nars Index — The Agricultural Pests Act — 

 Experiments in the Control of Codling-moth : A New Bulletin— Union 

 Representatives in Finland (page 3 li) — Plant Nurseries in Quarantine as at 

 1st September, 1922 (page 320) — Victtialling Ships with South African Produce 

 (page 312)— Citrus Canker Eradication (page 369)— Outbreaks of Animal 

 Diseases : August, 1922 (page 379). 



Departmental Activities 304 



rnii Agkicultvral Crisis '^l^ 



HuBAM Clover '^21 



The Life-Histoby ok thk Wire-Worm of Sheep 326 



Sheep Bkei-;i>ing for Expou'i ••• ■^*^*^ 



The Control of Red Scalk in Pear Orchards 337 



.MUSHKOOiM GROWISa •^** 



Acute Tympanitf.s or Hovi!;.\[in Cattle •^'^^ 



South African Frujt on the Continent '^i^ 



Principal Agricultural Acts of the Union— U 



Arsenical Spray Experiments for Controlling Codling-Moth in Pears 

 at Elsenburg 



Plant Diseases in the Western Province— V! 



Inquiries and Replies 



The Poultry Yard Month ky Month 



Staff Appointments. Changes, etc 



351 



360 

 36+ 

 369^ 

 380- 

 381 



Notes from the ''Gazette" '^^'^ 



Recent Agricultural Litlraturk 



384 



