CONTENTS. 



NOVEMBER, 1922. 



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The Eetirement of Mr. E. J. Macmillan, Under-Secretary for Agriculture 

 (Education)— Extending the Oversea Market— Fattening Poultry for Table 

 Purposes— The Disposal of Manure ; A New Device — The Castration of 

 Animals with the Burdizzo Pincers— The Control of the Union's Export Trade- 

 Lucerne Meal : Oversea Trade Possibilities — Home Canning of Vegetables and 

 Fruits— Agricultural Experiment : Variations and Interpretations — Advantages 

 of the Silage System— Tsetse Fly Investigation — Departmental Development : 

 A Division of Extension— Intensive Poultry Keeping for Town Dwellers— The 

 Sheep Blow-Fly Danger— The Control of Anthrax : An Important Conference 

 —Pig Breeding in South Africa— Fairlty Fruit Boxes (page 414)— Nurseries 

 in Quarantine as at 1st October, 1922 (page 438)— Outbreaks of Animal 

 Diseases : September, 1922 (page 456)— Citrus Canker Eradication (page 466). 



Departmental Activities 



Further Hints on the Castration of Animals with the Burdizzo 

 Pincers 



Advantages of the Silage System 



Intensive Poultry-Keeping for Town Dwellers 

 Canning Vegetables and Fruits in the Home ... 

 Principal Agricultural Acts of the Union— III 



Fattening Poultry for Table Purposes 



The Sheep Blow-Fly in South Africa— II 



Agricultural Experiment 



S.A. Dried Grapes for the United States 



The Value of Fineness and Length in Wool ... 



Inquiries and Replies 



The Poultry Yard Month by Month 



Staff Appointments, Changes, etc 



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