600 JOLRXAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. DeC, 1922. 



it seems that no difficulty should be experienced iii evolving a system 

 which would give farmers a more or less stable market at remunera- 

 tive prices. 



The vintages at Groot Constantia Experiment Station m 1921 

 and 1922 Avere 15,542 and 13,010 gallons (about 129 gallons e(|ual 

 1 leaguer) ; of the former vintag-e, 908 g-allons were sold and 4910 dis- 

 tilled, while 2230 gallons of the 1922 vintage have been distilled, 

 but as yet nothing has been sold. About 40 leaguers per annum 

 are being matured, which it is hoped to sell oversea. This policy of 

 maturing part of the crop, which was reinstituted in 1921, in addi- 

 tion to the depression in the wine market, accounted for the small 

 quantity sold. A large block of vineyards at Groot Constantia, con- 

 taining 31.000 non-paying vines, was uprooted and replanted. 



The demand for table grape varieties of whie continues. The 

 Yiticniltural Station at Paarl serves a very useful purpose by supply- 

 ing large quantities of these varieties, the number of cuttings dis- 

 posed of in the year being 5500. 



Farmers are also giving more attention to Die manufacture of 

 moskonfyt (grape syrup), for which purpose a factory was established 

 in the Caledon District. An oversea stiident in viticulture was 

 instructed to proceed to Italj to make himself Cully acquainted with 

 Professor Monti's system of manufacture, which is said to be the 

 best of its kind. 



During the year 417 samples were purchased in terms of the 

 Wine and Spirits Act for analysis in the following places : — 



Cape. — Aberdeen, Alice, Butterworth, Barkly West, Capetown, 

 Clanwilliam, Calvinia, Elliot, Fraserburg, Graaif-Reinet, Grahams- 

 town, Hanover, Hermanns, Humansdorp, Knysna, Ximberley, Oudts- 

 lioorn, Phillipstown, Port Elizabeth, Prieska, QueenstoAvn, Rich- 

 mond, Sutherland, Tulbagh. 



Orange Free State. — Bloemfontein, Bethulie, Boshof, Heilbron, 

 Harrismith, Jacobsdal, Kroonstad, Philippolis, Vrede. 



Transvaal. — Ermelo, Germiston, Johannesburg, Krugersdorp, 

 Pietersburg, Pretoria. 



iV«to/.— Vryheid, Camperdown, Richmond. 



The following were the results of the analyses and subsequent 

 prosecutions : — 



