386 Journal of the Department of Agriculture. — Nov., 1922. 



Mr. Maciiiillaii is a Cauadiau by blitli, and received liis o'eneral 

 education and agricnltural tiTiinino- in that Dominion. He is 

 retnrninp- to liis home in Prince Edward Island, but it is not known 

 wliether lie will settle oermanently in Canada or come back again. 



Mr. Macmillan was an exem})larv servant of the Government, and 

 his nuiny qualities gained for him the esteem and respect of his 

 colleagues and the large numl)er of farmers with whom his duties 

 Inouglit him in contact. 



Extending the Oversea Market. 



(Jf outstanding importance tj farmers is the establishment of a 

 market for their produce, whether it be local or otherwise, and what- 

 ever effort is expended in fostering such trade is of value to the 

 community. There is now in South Africa a well-known merchant of 

 Bristol, England, Mr. John A. Eowlands, recent President of the 

 Bristol Channel and West of England Corn Trade Association, who 

 has been in touch with the Dejjartment on the -subject of opening up 

 direct trade relations between the Union and that large portion of 

 England and Wales served by the port of Avonnunith, whicli would 

 also be a regular port of call for steamers trading between vSouth 

 Africa and England. Mr. Rowlands is confident that an extended 

 and lucrative trade could l)e established in that direction, and he has 

 already contributed to the Bristol Press favourable reports on the great 

 possibilities of South Africa. He has sent a series of articles to the 

 leading paper of the West of England, and proposes to continue this 

 propaganda while trade prospects remain hopeful. He is also keeping 

 in touch with tlie Bristol Chomber of Commerce and other representa- 

 tive commercial bodies in that part of England. Mr. Rowlands has 

 /•ecently taken up certain business interests in Natal, and while the 

 iKMnediate object is to develop trade locally, he aims at extending 

 opemtions oversea to that portion of Englajid with which he is 

 intiiKately acquainted and where his influence counts. Mr. Rowlands' 

 efforts in making known /South Afjican products on a market that he 

 points out has hitherto received little direct attention, are appreciated, 

 and it is trused will lead to the establishment of trade relationships. 

 To those interested, we would mention that Mr. Rowlands' address is 

 P.O. Box 77, Pietermaritzburs'. 



Fattening Poultry for Table Purposes. 



How at an extra cost of only one penny per bird, cockerels of 

 the light breeds, generally regarded as of little use for table purposes, 

 may have one-third added to their weight with the flesh rendered 

 more tender and improved greatly in flavour, is related in an article 

 pul)lished elsewhere in this issue. It is written by Mr. IN'ash, the 

 assistant in poultry at the Grootfontein School of Agriculture, where 

 experiments were carried out with the above result. With the little 

 extra labour and cost involved in cooping and feeding the bird, the 

 hitherto lightly considered cockerel may be turned into a source of 

 revenue and profit. It is worth the consideration of both farmer and 

 townsman, for the treatment suggested by Mr. Nash has shown that 

 what would otherwise have probably been a somewhat untasty morsel 

 may be turned into a succulent table bird, amply repaying the care 

 necessary to render it such. 



