CONTENTS. 



DECEMBER, 1920. 



Notes 



Paob 



797 



Meeting,-, of Officers of the Department — Locusts — The Danger lurking in 

 Imported Cotton Seed — Tsetse Fly Investio;ations — Preventing Wa,stage in 

 Citrus Fruit Shipments — Anthrax Vaccines — Cost of Maize Product ion — United 

 States Maize Crop, 1920 — Prickly Pear — Beetle Pest — Dipping Tanks, Pretoria 

 District — Rinderpest — Poor Grade Australian Cheese — Cotton Growers' Com- 

 petition.^ — Agricultural Literature — The Annual Report of the Department — 

 Madumba (Dasheen) Root — The Union's Timber Suiiply — The Wheat Crop of 

 the World — Inoculation and Dosing of Breeding Ewes — Plant Nurseries in 

 Quarantine as at 1st November. 1920 Cpage 818) — Sterilization of Grain (page 

 828) — Export of Grain, etc. (page 83B) — Lucerne Seed (page 841) — Pure Salt 

 for Hides (page 851) — Preparation of Hides and Skins (page 8.58) — Fruit 

 Export (page 86 H — Seville Oranees (page 8(!C>). 



Hides and Skins... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ^09 



coccidiosis of the fowl ... ... ... ... ... ... 815 



The Agriculture and Soils of the Cape Province ... ... ... 819 



Irrigation Enterprise in the United States of America ... ... 829 



A South African Gum ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 834 



Breeding Sheep for the Export Trade... ... ... ... ... 838 



A Cheap Serviceable Hive made from Paraffin Boxes... ... ... 842 



Prickly Pear as a STOt-K Food ... ... ... ... ... ... 848 



Parasitic Attack on '-Eucalyptus Globulus" ... ... ... ... 852 



The Mally Fruit Fly Remedy ... ... ... ... ... ... 839 



Plan of a Small Farm Dairy ... ... ... ... ... ... 862 



The Poultry Yard Month by Month ... ... ... ... ... 867 



Corrigendum ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 867 



The Vegetable Garden ... ... ... ... 868 



Notes from the "Gazette" ... ... ... ... ... ... 869 



South African Produce on the Oversea Market ... ... ... 871 



Oversea Prices of South African Produce ... ... .. ... 873 



Notes from the Divisions ... ... ... ... ... ... 874 



Recent Agricultural Literature ... ... ... ... 876 



Outbreaks of Animal Diseases in the Union ... ... ... ... 880 



At the Schools of Agriculture and Experiment Stations ... ... 881 



Meat Statistics... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 886 



Staff : Appointments, Transfers, etc. ... ... ... ... ... 887 



Crop and Live Stock Report ... ... ... ... ... ... 887 



Local Market Prices ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 890 



The Local Market ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 891 



