CONTENTS. 



MAY, 1920. 



Pace 

 Hesults of Winter Cereal Experiments at the School of Agriculture, 



Elsenburg, Mulders Vlei, Cape Province ... ... ... Ill 



The Eradication of Citrus Canker ... ... ... ... ... 124 



The Library of the Department of Agriculture ... ... ... 135 



Poisoning of Cattle by feeding on old mealie lands ... ... ... 138 



The Drought of 1918-19 ... ... ... ... ... ... lU 



Cow-Testing Associations ... ... ... ... ... ... 149 



The Agriculture and Soils of the Cape Province ... ... ... 152 



Importation of Cattle ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 159 



Experiments and Investigations ... ... ... ... ... 162 



Notes from the Divisions ... ... ... ... ... ... 168 



Egg-Laying Competition ... ... ... ... ... ... 172 



The Botanical Survey of the Union ... ... ... ... ... ISO 



The Department of Agriculture during the War ... ... ... 183 



JNOTES ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 187 



Important Notice — The Minister of Agriculture — Sheep and Goat Skins — Exi»ort 

 of Seed — The Merino Ram — Plant Nurseries in Quarantine for Pests — Wheat 

 Production of the Union — Cotton Growing Prospects— Colonial Wine Competi- 

 tion. 1919 : Awards and .Judges" Rei)ort — Purchase of "Mariendahl'" — Wheat 

 Growing in South Africa — Export of Cattle from the Union to Great Britain — 

 Poultry Shows : Organization — The European Corn Borer (page 123) — The 

 World's Harvest (page 134) — Women's Woik (page 158) — Organization of 

 Farmers (page 161) — Wet Hides for Shipment — Marking of Goods (page 167) 

 — Telegraphic Requests for Vaccines, etc. (page 171) — KafBr Corn : Production 

 in the Union (page 182) — Maize Production in the Four Provinces (page 186) — 

 Scab: Protected Districts (page 20 1) -Seal Skins: Remarkable Prices 

 (page 208). 



The Poultry Yard Month by Month ... ... ... ... ... 197 



The Vegetable Garden ... ... ... ... 199 



South African Produce on the Oversea Market ... ... ... 200 



•Oversea Prices of South African Produce ... ... ... ... 202 



Staff Changes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 203 



Notes from the "Gazette" ... ... ... ... ... ... 204 



JRecent Agricultural Literature ... ... ... ... 206 



At the Schools of Agriculture and Experiment Stations ... ... 209 



Dates of Agricultural Shows j^till to be held ... ... ... 212 



The Union's External Trade ... ... ... ... ... ... 213 



Meat Statistics... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 216 



Export of Grain, etc. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 217 



Crop and Live Stock Report ... ... ... ... ... ... 218 



Xocal Market Prices ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 220 



