48t') Journal of the Department op Agriculture. 



Vegetable Growing. 



Wr publish clscw licit ■ in this iiuiiiljci- I wo cliails sliow i ii>i' I lit- t iiiics of 

 tlic \c;ii' w hell \;u!i.us kinds of \t'oel;infes slioiild Ix" sown, tr!Uisi)laiit(Ml, 

 reapcMl, etc., iiiidcr lii<^li and low V(d(I coiidilions it'S]u'(i ivcly. 'riicsc 

 (diai'ts have 1:<'cm diawn up 1).\ Mi. Tcri\ . tlic Holt iculfnrist at flic 

 l-ofc'licfstrooiii ScliocI of A^i iciilturc. and. coiiilnncd with llic very 

 useful adxice liy this officer on the vc^^ctahlc "larcU'ii which is 

 published monthly in the ■hninidl. should ])ro\-c a valual)lc g'Uide fo 

 all fhosc intertvslcd in \(\u-cta lilc yro-win;^ toi home cousuiii])f ion and 

 euahle Ihcni to aiian,i;-e for a supply id' fresh \ (••^■ctaMcs I lirouuh(uii 

 file year. 



Blue-tongue. 



Catarrhal fever of shce]i. ((uniiionly known as "" Id ue-toujiuc " 

 or " l)(d<zitd\fe." is a disease affectiiie' slice]) over a nide area of 1lie 

 I'nion. and its outhreaks vary in intensity accoiding- to flic season, 

 heinc- mosf prevalent in seasons in whi( h there has been an aliundaiicc 

 of i-aiii. It i.'^ fortnnalely not a c(Hita>iious disease, hui is the cause 

 of nnudi mortality at times, and most slice]) fa ruiei-s of 1 he t'nion have 

 suffered loss throue^h its ])resen('e. There are i)reventivc and curative 

 measures for dealini; with the disease, and a bulletin on the sub.ject 

 hy Ml'. Dixon, the Senior \'eteriiiary Officer f(U' the ('a]>e L'rovince. 

 was jniblisiied by the Department in 1!)!'). 'i"hc demand for it has 

 been such that the sUn-V is now exhausted, and ^I r. Dixon has revised 

 it for furth(M' ])ublication in the form of an arti( Ic a])])eariiig' in this 

 montb's issue. 'i'he arti(le gives (leai-. ]iiactical advice wlmdi is 

 desig'ned to assist farmers in diagnosing and treating the disease; 

 and in reg'ard to preventive inoculation. ]iroved to be a successful 

 measure, it is ])ointed out tbat the vaccine, with full directions for 

 use. can be obtaiiuMl on a])])l ication through any (iovernment 

 veteiinaiy officer, magistrate, or from the \'eterinary l{(>seareh 

 r^aboratory at ( )ii(lerste])oort , the ttdegi a jili ic address of the latter 

 beiny- " Microbe." 



Poor-grade Australian Cheese. 



\V<> referred in our December. 1;J2(), number (page S()4) under 

 the above cai)tion, to a (juanlity of Austi'alian eheese of ;in infciitu' 

 (juality exjiortiMl io the rnioii during ]!)2(), part of wliicdi was ship])ed 

 to (jreat Britain, and commentt'd on tiie danger to the re])utatioii (d 

 South African ( heesc on the oversea markef this was liktdy to have, 

 as there was rcascui to l^tdicxc tbat the inferior idieese coming from 

 flic I'liion was taken as lieing a luoduct of this country. It may now 

 he adde(l that the ])aiticnlar consignmeiil of (dieese referred to came 

 from \ ictoria. where it was (dlicially graded and slii]>])e(l as hrst- 

 grade (dieese. lint owing' to the im|)orters iirefciriiig io take the 

 commercial risk inxolved in shi])ping the (dieese as ordiiinry carg'o to 

 save the expense of sending it in cool clianiber. it was found on airival 

 that the ( lieese had "sweated " badly during the voyage, and in many 

 instances had so c(nn])let(dy collapsed that it was imixissible Io certif.\' 

 wdiat its (|ualit\ was Itid'ore shi])ment. The (dieese was slii])]ied during 

 the heat of siininier. and it will be seen. tlicr(dore, thai iinudi of the 

 tronlde that arose inusl lie attributed to the ])rocedure (d' slii]t])iiig 

 the (dieese as (udiiiaiy cargo instead of in the ]irojicr cool (dianibers. 



