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Pruning of Deciduous Fruit Trees, 



A useful, practical article dealing fully with tlie subject of the 

 pruning of deciduous fruit trees was written by Mr. Terry, our Horti- 

 culturist at the Potchefstroom School of Agriculture, and published 

 as a bulletin in 1917. It has met with a large demand and our stock 

 has become exhausted. The nature of the advice Mr. Terry gives is 

 such as to ensure the constant need and call for it, and we propose, 

 therefore, commencing with this number, to pu])lish the article in the 

 Journal. It is clearly written and well illustrated, and should be 

 studied not only by the large orchardist but also by every householder 

 who owns a few trees. The art of pruning is not generally known, 

 yet is so essential to the production of full and good crops, and 

 Mr. Terry's article is designed to assist the owner to get the best 

 return from his fruit trees. There are thousands of trees in South 

 Africa whose fruitfulness is sadly diminished by lack of a little care. 

 What an appreciable addition to our fruit production would follow 

 were they given the asisstance which nature requires of their owners ! 



Diseases, Ticks, and their Eradication. 



We publish in the current issue a revised (third) edition of a 

 most interesting and informative article by Sir Arnold Theiler on 

 the subject of tick-borne diseases and their eradication through 

 destruction of the tick. The article appeared originally in the 

 Transvaal Agricultural Journal (Vol. VII, No. 28, July, 1909) and 

 subsequently in the Union, Agricultural Journal (Vol. I, No. 4, May, 

 1911). Since then our experiments and investigations have 

 continued bringing extended knowledge of the subject, and Sir 

 Arnold Theiler's article in this issue includes the latest data avail- 

 able. The matter is of paramount importance to farmers, and the 

 article should be carefully studied. The author's wide experience 

 enables him to write authoritatively, and his remarks on the lest 

 means of removing the cause of our trouble, that is the destruction 

 by dipping of the tick, should be taken to heart by all stock owners, 

 advice summarized in the concluding sentence of the article : " lose 

 no time, but put up a tank and use it." 



South African Wines. 



We referred in our last issue to the success of our wines in the 

 Colonial Wine Competition at the recent Brewers' Exhibition in 

 London, when South African wines secured eleven first, five second, 

 and two third prizes. We have now seen the published list of 

 awards, which shows that out of fourteen classes our wines were beaten 

 in two only, the red, light Claret type, and the red full-bodied 

 Burgundy type (two years old or more), in which classes South 

 Ai:stralian wines were placed first, and South African wines secured 

 second and third prizes. This is most gratifying when it is reiuem- 

 bered that at the previous competition in 1919 all the first prizes 

 were carried off by Australian wines, while ours managed to secure 

 only one second and four third prizes. 



