Journal of the Department 

 OF Agriculture. 



Vol. V. 



DECEMBER, 1922. 



No. 6. 



Published monthly in English and Afrikaans by the Department of Agriculture, 



Union of South Africa. 



Editor: G. IV. Kterck. 



Subscription : Within the Union and South- West Africa, 5s« (otherwise 6Sm) per 

 annum, post free, payable in advance. 



Applications, with subscriptions, to be sent to the Government 

 Printer, Pretoiia. 



THE REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 

 AGRICULTURE. 



HE present issue completes the fifth 

 volume of the Journal. Published 

 monthly since April, 1920, it has 

 given valuable information to the 

 farmer and has served as a link 

 between him and the Department 

 of Agriculture. Essentially of a 

 departmental nature, it has made 

 known the results of agricultural 

 experiments and investigations in 

 the ITnion, given seasonable advice 

 on many branches of farming, and discussed questions of moment 

 to every farmer in South Africa. The Journal cannot, however, 

 convey in full measure the whole work of the Department, much 

 of which can only be presented to the public in the form of a review 

 covering a stated period, or in a collective form, and this is done 

 in the Department's annual report, wdiich is published in blue-book 

 form. But realizing that in that form only the report did not obtain 

 sufficient publicity among the farmers of the ITnion, it was decided 

 to enlist also the Journal for the purpose. The last annual report 

 was accordingly published in the January, 1922, number of the 

 Journal, and the present issue is devoted to the succeeding report, 

 that for the year ended 30th June, 1922. The report has necessarily 

 to be circumscribed, limited space preventing reference to a great 

 many items, but it is trusted it will enable farmers to realize the 

 manj-^ directions in which the problems of agriculture are receiving 

 the attention of the Department. 

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