CONTENTS. 



MAY, 1921. 



Notes ... ... 



Turkish Tobacco— Restriction on Imports of Maize and Barley— Spineless 

 Cactus Propagation— The Deterioration of Sugar in Storage— Fodder and Pasture 

 Grasses of South Africa— Cyanide Gas Eemedy for Scale Insects— Maize 

 Growers' Conference at Potchefstroom— The Weeds of South Africa— African 

 Horse-sickness- The Oversea Market for South African Produce— The Inter- 

 School Stock Judging Competition of l'J21— Seed Wheat (page -108)— Grass 

 Fires: A Warning (page 421)— World Cotton Conference (page 433)— Export 

 of Grain, etc. (page 43r,)— Handling of Exi.ort Fruit (page 452)— Crops of the 

 Northern and Southern Hemispheres, 1920-21 (page 45(;)— Outbreaks of Animal 

 Diseases: March, 1921 (page 4(i(j)— Plant Nurseries in Quarantine as at 1st 

 April, 1921 (page 473)— Meat Statistics (page 480). 

 Departmental Activities 



Page 



385 



Crop PiEtort 

 World Crops 

 The' Local Market 



399 

 409 



Curing of Turkish Tobacco 



Export op South African Eggs, 1920 ... ... ... ... ••. 422 



Fodder and Pasture Grasses of South Africa : I. — Sudan Grass ... 425 



Export op Citrus Fruits ... ... ... ... ••• ••• 434 



Cyanide Gas Remedy for Scale Insects... ... ... ••• ••. 437 



Export of South African Produce : Present Freight Rates ... ... 453 



Pruning of Deciduous Fruit Trees — lY... ... ... ... ••• 457 



White Ant Notes ... ... ... ... ... ■■• ••• 462 



The Vegetable Garden ... ... ... ••. 4(;7 



The Poultry Yard Month by Month ... ... ... ... ... 468 



Notes from-the "Gazette" ... ... ... ... ... ... 4G9 



The Weather 



The Oversea Market 



471 

 472 

 472 

 473 

 474 



The Union's External Trade ... ... ... ... ... ... 475 



Local Market Prices ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 478 



Recent Agricultural Literature ... ... ... ... ... 479 



