CONTENTS. 



FEBRUARY, 1921. 



Page 

 Notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 97 



Meeting of Forest Department Otficers — Services of Clovernment Veterinary 

 Surgeons to the Public — Importation of Cattle from Great Britain — World 

 Crop Results and Prospects — Sugar-cane Diseases — Cost of Production of Maize 

 Investigation — Pruning of Deciduous Fruit Trees — Diseases, Ticks, and their 

 Eradication — South African Wines — A South Australian Vineyard Soil — 

 Examination of Proprietary Articles — Representative Transvaal Soils — Cold 

 Storage Conditions for Export Fruit — False Codling Moth — Cotton Growing : 

 Great Possibilities for the Union — The Pecan Xut — Plant Nurseries in 

 Quarantine as at 1st January, 1921 (page 108) — Outbreaks of Animal Diseases 

 in the Union (page 121) — Export of Grain, etc. (page 132) — Bulletins for 

 Distribution (page 1.^6)— The Value of Winter Feed for Stock (pa!j,e 140)— 

 Fruit for Japan : A Proliibition (page 169). 



Departmental Activities ... ... ... ... ... ... 109 



Notes ox some Sugar-Cane Matters ... ... ... ... ... 122 



The Pecan Nut ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 129 



Cold Storage Conditions for Export Fruit ... ... ... ... 133 



A South Australian Vineyard Soil ... ... ... ... ... 137 



Diseases, Ticks, and their Eradication... ... ... ... ... 141 



Cotton Culture ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 160 



The Manuring of Vineyards ... ... ... ... ... ... 163 



Representative Transvaal Soils — II ... ... ... ... ... 170 



Pruning of Deciduous Fruit Trees ... ... ... ... ... 177 



The Poultry Yard Month by Month ... ... ... ... ... 18.5 



The Vegetable Garden ... ... ... ... 186 



Notes from the "Gazette" ... ... ... ... ... ... 187 



The Weather ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 188 



Staff : Appointments, Transfers, etc. ... ... ... ... ... 189 



The Oversea Market ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 189 



Meat Statistics... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 190 



Local Market Prices ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 191 



The Local Market ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 192 



