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Foultry Export. — Our export trade is opening t'oi good, young, fat table 

 poultry. The writer is of opinion that there are equally good, if not better, 

 possibilities to those of the egg trade. To produce the right article, mate 

 correctly ; rear by feeding so as to i^roduce frame and flesh early ; keep the 

 birds growing; finish them off by correct feeding and treatment before sending 

 them to the buj'er or exporter; do not overcrowd in dispatching; do not 

 become discouraged if the first attempt is not a glowing success. 



For detailed advice on any of the above points, breeders should write to 

 the poultry instructor at the Agricultural School serving the Province in which 

 they are resident. 



NOTE FROM THE CEDARA SCHOOL OF AGRICULTLTRE. 



Chick FeadiiKj. — Last month the feeding of chicks from hatching to three 

 weeks of age was dealt with. The following menu is recommended for chicks 

 from three tu six weeks old: — 



Dry Mash (by measure): 2 parts wheaten bran, 2 paits crushed uats, 1 

 part mealie meal, 1 part pollard, \ part crayferine. 



Grain Mixture: f part kaffir corn, 1 part wheat screenings, 1 part 

 crushed maiz(! (fitio), 1 jjart inyati. 



From six to twelve weeks: — 



Dry Mash (by measure) : 2 parts wheaten bran, 2 parts pollard, 1 part 

 mealie meal, 1 part crushed oats, ^ part crayferine. 



Grain Mixture : 1 part kaffir corn, 1 part wheat screenings, 1 part hulled 

 oats, 1 part crushed maize. 



As previously stated the dry nmshes should be fed in hoppers so constructed 

 that no waste will occur. These mashes iiiay also be fed in a moist state 

 mixed with milk, soup, or the liquid in which vegetables have been cooked. If 

 this " moist " method is adopted the mash should be fed in troughs, which 

 must be kept scrupulously clean. 



All grain should be fed in scratching litter in order to give the growing 

 stock as much exercise and occupation as possible. 



STAFF: APPOINTMENTS, CHANGES, ETC. 



26/6/22 F. J. Falmer, appointed C!hief I'ruit Inspector, stationed at the 

 Docks, Capetown. 



3/8/22 M. M. Clayton, M.R.C.V.8., appointed Government Veterinary 

 OfHcer, stationed at Premier Mine. 



7/8/22 II. TI. Storey, B.A., appointed Mycologist, stationed at Durban. 



28/8/22 H. 0. Monnig, B.A. (hon. Stellenbosch), Ph.D. (Zurich), appointed 

 Veterinary Research Officer, Onderstepoort. 



OBITUARY. 



W. M. A. Oosterluak, appointed as Dairy Expert for the Free State on 

 1st May, 1911, and in 1913 as Dairy Inspector for the Transvaal: died on 26th 

 August, 1922, at Pretoria. 



0. Rivers, came to this country in 1910 in charge of a number of sheep 

 selected on behalf of the Transvaal Government in Australia, and was attached 

 to tJK^, Ermelo Stud Sheep Farm as Assistant. Upon the closing down of this 

 farm in 1914, Mr. I? Ivors was transferred to tlie Experimental Farm, Potchef- 

 strooni, as Instructor and Officer in Charge of Sheep. He also supervised the 

 experiments in crossbreeding of sheep at that station. Mr. Rivers will be 

 remembered by many in connection with his highly interesting sheep dog 

 demonstrations at various Rand shows some yeai-s ago. Died at Potchefstroom 

 on the 2nd September, 1922. 



