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Journal op the Department of Agriculture. 



Area. 



Large Stock 



Small Stock. 



Tkansvaal — 



Eastern High Veld ' ... 

 Central ... 



Western High Veld ... 

 Low Veld 



Orange Fkee State 

 North- Eastern ... 



North- Western 



South-Eas^teru ... 

 Soutli-Western ... 



Natal — 



High Veld or Highlands 

 Middle Veldior Midlands 

 Coast 



Good. Fat in jiarts ... 

 Good to mediinii. Fat in pari? 

 Good. Faf in jiarts ... 

 Good. Faf in paits ... 



Fat lo i/ood 



Good. Fill in parts 



Faf to (jood 



(Tood. Fat in i)arts 



B'at td i/ood 

 Fat to f/ood 

 Good. Fat in jiarts 



Good. Fat in parts. 



Good to niedliim. Fat in parts 



Good. Fat in parts. 



Good. Fat in parts. 



Fat to (jood. 



Good. Fat in parts. 



Fut to (jood. 



Good. Fat in partg. 



Fat to ijood. 

 B'at to good. 

 Good. Fat in parts. 



Springhaas. 



Tlie followiijo' letter from Professor .1. ]). F. (iilclirist, ("iiiversil y 

 of Capetown, P.O. Box 594. Capetown, is priblislied witli the request 

 that any one a1)le to throw lio-ht on this njatter of scientific research 

 will kindly communicate direct with Piofessor fxihdirist, who will 

 g-ladly give further particulars to those interested: — 



" In an early description of the sprino-luuis {I'edctcs) in 1816, it 

 was asserted that this animal hnd ;i i)onch in llu^ :,l)donien similar to 

 that found in the kangaroo. At a Inter date this statement was 

 re})eated, but it was said that the pouch was not on the abdominal 

 j)art but further forward in the legion of the cliest, and that it was 

 rudinu'iitary and not used for the shelter of ilie young as in the 

 Icangaroo. None of tiie stiift'ed specimens of tlie s])ringh;ias in the 

 museums in Eurojx' or the Cape show such a jxnnh, and it has been 

 Inken for granted that the original statement was founded on a mis- 

 taken ol)ser\'ation. It may be, however, tbal tlie jxtuch only appears 

 in the adult female. 



" It may be that some of your numerous readers can throw some 

 light on this problem. The disctjvery of a i)ouch in the springiiaas 

 would be of the greatest utility in determining the true nature of this 

 peculiar rodent, and some one who has the opporl'inity of procuring 

 or observing these animals nuty be abl(> to solve this ])roblem which is 

 puzzling scientific men, viz., as to whether they iire really a kitid of 

 hare or a kancaroo." 



The ■Journal aims at keeping farmers in.formed of what the 

 Department of Agriculture is doing, also of such matters affecting 

 their interests as come under its purview. The Journal contains 

 orig'inal articles for the guidance of the fanner on the many and 

 diverse problems which face him. Every farmer should read it and 

 keep it. 



