21 .Journal op the Department op Agriculture. 



AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY BOARD. 



Important Proposals regarding Disease Eradication, 

 Citrus Canker, the Anthrax Danger, Proposed 

 Poultry Division, Agricultural Co-operation, etc. 



The Agricultural Advisory Board met at Pretoria on the 2nd and 

 '3rd December, 1920, the Minister of Agriculture (Hon. F. S. Malan) 

 presiding, and the members present being Messrs. C. H. Mackay, 

 P. R. Malleson, T. T. Hoole, II. A. Hockley, Jno. Venter (Cape 

 Province); Major R. 13. Doyle, Major E. ^V . Hunt, Messrs. D. 

 Allam, H. van der Merwe (Transvaal Province) ; Messrs. G. A, Kolbe, 

 C. H. Olivier (Orange Free State); Mr. G. H. Bridson (Natal 

 Province); with the Secretary of the Board (Mr. D. M. Eadie). 



The Secretary for Agriculture (Mr. P. J. du Toit) was present, 

 and other officers of the Department attended as required. 



The Minister welcomed the members of the Board, and on the 

 first item of the agenda, i.e. resolutions passed at the Durban 

 Congress, raised the question of procedure in connection with resolu- 

 tions passed by Provincial Unions. His attention had been called 

 to this by the fact that a few days before the Transvaal Agricultural 

 Union had inet him, and placed certain resolutions before him. He 

 felt that the delegates were speaking for the Transvaal, whereas he 

 v/as Minister for the Union, and what applied to the Transvaal must 

 apply to other parts of the Union. There was a distinct difference 

 between having these resolutions presented by a Provincial union and 

 a body which could guarantee that it could deal with them from a 

 Union point of view. He asked the Board to suggest some principles 

 by which work could be co-ordinated and sent through the Board 

 as the executive of the South African Agricultural Union. At a 

 later stage of the conference the Board brought up the following 

 resolution covering this matter: — 



1 . All resolutions passed by agricultural organizations, which 

 affect move than one Province, or the Union as a whole, must be 

 presented to the Government through the medium of the executive of 

 the South African Agricultural Union. 



2. All delegalions presenting resolutions to tlie Government of a 

 purely Provincial nature must be accompanied by at least one member 

 of the executive of the South African Agricultural Union and Pro- 

 vincial secretaries must send to the secretary of the S.A.A.U. copies 

 ■jf such resolutions prior to presentation, also copies of decisions 

 arrived at. 



3. The Board considers that in order to provide the necessary 

 continuity and cohesion, it is desirable that the Advisory Board 

 should meet at least four times in the year. 



('oiiipuUory Dipping. — Pesolutions passed at the Durban 

 Congress Avere then taken seriativi, the first dealing with compulsory 

 dipping and the second with the method of putting compulsory 

 dipping into effect. 



The Minisier i)()inted out that the resolutions brought forward 

 for the first time the policy of dealing with ticks instead of with tick 



