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JOURNAL OF THE DEPARTMENT 

 OF AGRICULTURE. 



Vol. I. APRIL, 1920. No. 1. 



I'tiblislied moQthly in English and Afrikaans by the Department of Agriculture 



Union of South Africa. 



Subscription: Within the Union and South- West Protectorate. 5s, (ntlierwise 6Sm) 

 per annum, post free, payable in advance. 



Applications, with subscriptions, to be sent to the Government 

 Printer, Box 373, Pretoria. 



THE JOURNAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 

 AGRICULTURE." 



The Official Organ of the Department. 



The publication of The Agricultural Journal of the Union of South 

 Africa, the late official organ of the Department of Agriculture, was 

 suspended, to the regret of the Department, in August, 1914. owing to 

 the financial situation created by the war. The lack of an official 

 organ has been a source of great inconvenience and loss ])oth to the 

 Department and the farming community, for with the suspen- 

 sion of the Journal one of the principal means of keeping the public 

 advised of the activities of the Department was closed. That tlie 

 Journal fulfilled its functions in the past, and that its revival is neces- 

 sary in the interests of all engaged directly or indirectly in the 

 farming industry, is evidenced by the widespread desire for its re- 

 publication. Happily, circumstances permit of the publication again 

 of the Journal, the first number of which is now offered to the public. 



