CONTENTS. 



OCTOBER, 1920. 



Page 



Notes ... ... ... ... ... ••. •■• •>'i>^ 



Retin ment of the Secretary for Agi'iculnnv— Tlie Local Marker— Expoit of 

 Butter and Cheese — A Sixccessful Eiitoraoloo-ical ('onferenct — The Position of 

 the World's Cereals — Advice to Consignors of Produce— The Wool Industry — 

 The World's Wheat: A Forei-ast— " Prinshof '' : Land for P]xi)eriments— New- 

 Chemical Laboratories— Dip-testinu- Apparatus— The I )rouuht Commission — 

 Sale of Live Stock, Groolfontein— Export of E,s;-,us— Ea>t Coast Fever : Pietoria 

 District in Au.uust, 1920— Lung-sickness : An Outbreak — Bacon and Ham— 

 Egg-laying Competition— Citrus Export : Exi)eriments (page 622) -Fruit 

 Export (page (>2.3)— Peanut (Irowing ([.age 642)— Fencing Mateiials (page 

 642)— Orange .Stocks used in California (page r.54)—Suntio\ver Seed Export 

 (page 6.59)— Plant Nurseries in Quarantine as" at 1st September, 1920 (page 

 670) — The Union's Timber Piesources (page 67")). 



Cotton Culture.., ... ... ... ... ... ... .•• *Jl-^ 



The Pig as an Economical Producer of Foot) ... ... ... ... ''^3 



Karakul Sheep ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 62tl 



The Department of Agriculture durinc; the Wak ... ... ... 64:3 



The Toll of the War ... ... ... ... ... ... ... <>-l6 



The Spinose Ear-tick ... ... ... ... ... ... .•■ fi^" 



Meat Supplies for the United Kingdom ... ... ... ... 'io5 



The Agriculture and Soils of the Cape Province— I ... ... ' -■• '''''^ 



The Menace of Anthrax ... ... ... ... ... ••• '>'' 



Irrigation in the Union ... ... ... ... ... ... 676 



Pure-bred Stock Lm ported ... ... ... ... ... ... 67S 



The Poultry Yard Month by Month ... ... ... ... ... 679 



Corrigenda ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 679 



The Vegetable Garden ... ... ... ... 680 



Notes from the "Gazette" ... ... ... ... ... ... 6si 



South African Produce on the Oversea Market ... ... ... • 683 



Oversea Prices of South African Produce ... ... ... ... 684 



Notes from the Divisions ... ... ... ... ... ... 68.5 



Recent Agricultur.al Literature ... ... ... ... 687 



At the Schools of Agriculture and [vxpkuiment Stations ... ... 6'.<(> 



Staff : Appointments, Transfers, etc. ... ... ... ... ... i>94 



Meat Statistics... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 69."> 



Crop and Live Stock Report ... ... ... ... ... ... 69(; 



Local Market Prices ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 698 



The Local M.\rket ... ... ... ... ... ... ... (;99 



