CONTENTS. 



APRIL, 1921, 



Page 



Notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 289 



The Minister of Agriculture — The Misuse of Sheep-dip Powder on Grain 

 Bags — Wheat and Its Cultivation in the Union — The South African 

 Honey- Bee — Wheat : Cost and Economics of Production — A Market 

 for Egg-plant Fruit and Avocado Pears — The Potchefstroom Pearl Mealie 

 ^Weeds of Soutli Africa — New Zealand Hemp or Flax: Possibilities in 

 the Union — Farmers' Meeting at Rustenburg — World Prices and Crops — The 

 Vegetable Garden and the Poultry Yard — Export of Cape Wine — Maize Stalk 

 Borer — Export of Dried Fruit — Fruit Export (page 321) — The Union's Maize 

 Industry : Conference at Potchefstroom (page 321) — Marketable Peaches (page 

 332) — Wheat : Change of Seed (page 339) — Prices of Agricultural Implements, 

 etc. (page 339) — World Crops (page 371) — Private Training of Prospective 

 Farmers (page 371) — Citrus Canker: A Warning (page 371) — Fruit-tree 

 Nurseries (page 371) — Inspection of Imported Plants (page 374) — Plant 

 Nurseries in Quarantine as at 1st March, 1921 (page 379) — Meat Statistics 

 (page 382)— Outbreaks of Animal Diseases : February, 1921 (page 384). 



Departmental Activities ... ... ... ... ... ... 301 



Weeds of South Africa — I ... ... ... ... ... ... 315 



Wheat and Its Cultivation ... ... ... ... ... ... 322 



Export op Cape Wine ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 335 



Mangoes, Pawpaws, and Avocado Pears... ... ... ... ... 33S 



The Sweet Potato and its Cultivation along the Southern Coast 



Belt— JI ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 340 



The South African Honet-Bee ... ... ... ... ... ... 353 



Pruning of Deciduous Fruit Trees— III... ... ... ... ... 35» 



The Vegetable Garden ... ... ... ... 372 



The Poultry Yard Month by Month ... ... ... ... ... 373 



Notes from the "Gazette" ... ... ... ... ... ... 375 



Staff : Appointments, Transfers, etc. ... ... ... ... ... 376 



The Weather ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 377 



The Oversea Market ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 37& 



Crop Report ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 379 



Local Market Prices ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 380 



The Local Market ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 381 



Recent Agricultural Literature ... ... ... ... ... 383 



