THE AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



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Pound Notices. 



THE stock impounded as hereunder will 

 be sold, unless previously released, 

 on the 15th May next :— 



Howick.— Dark-coloured donkey (old), 

 supposed to have been left behind from 

 a troop going down country. 



Dundee.— Black-and-white-co\v, slit in 

 left ear, branded indistinct, looks like G. 

 Hed cow, branded right ride A.L. Red- 

 and-white bull calf. Bay mare, two white 

 hind feet, white spot on nose, no brands. 

 Small bay mare, two white hind feet, 

 white spot on forehead, and Vv^hite stripe 

 on nose ; hog mane and cut tail. The 

 above cows and calf have passed through 

 lungsickness. 



Nqutu.— Chestnut mare, star on fore- 

 head, long switch tail, no brand, age three 

 years, height 14.1. 



Mossdale. — Eight Angora goats, in good 

 condition, different ear marks. 



Mooi River. — On the farm " Craig- 

 nenar," of Mr. Geo. Gibson • Light bay 

 colt, long tail, white spots on hind 

 quarters, about two years old, no brands 

 or marks visible. 



Acton Homes.— On the farm Droog 

 Kop," Mrs. J. Hester : Black ox, short 

 tail, little white under belly, branded on 

 the left leg H.W., on right shoulder half 

 moon. 



Weenen. — Grey kalir goat (ram), no 

 marks. Black-and-tan kafir goat (^capater), 

 slit in left ear. Black-and-tan kafir goat 

 (ewe), slit in right ear. 



Ndwedwe. — Light brown mare mule, 

 SOI e withers, branded on near fore hoof 

 48097, and on oif fore hoof broad arrow. 



Boston. — Black bull, both ears marked, 

 on visible brand. 



Sugar Cane Disease , 



A RECENT number of the Bulletin 

 (No. 7) of the Land Records and 

 Agricultural Department of India contains 

 an account of the sugar-cane disease, 

 variously known in India as Hnd fungus, 

 red patch, and red smut. Of the varieties 

 of sugar-cane grown in the North-West 

 Province the one known as Katara cane 

 is the only kind which has so far been 

 affected. This cane is a valuable variety, 

 possessing much juice, and having a soft 

 pith and broad leaves. It is more com- 

 monly cultivated for chewing than for 

 producing sugar. 



The fungus, which is known botani- 

 cally as Tricosplueria sacchari, appears 

 to be a somewhat recent importation, 

 since no mention of it in the districts 

 affected can be found of earlier date than 

 1875, In 1877 the fungus caused much 

 loss in the district of ideerut, and in the 



same year it appeared for the first time in 

 the Pilibhit district, and since then it has 

 occurred yeaily in a more or less severe 

 form. 



During the last ten or twelve years the 

 havoc wrought by it in Meerut, Rohilk- 

 hand, and Gorakhpur has been so great 

 that the cultivation of Karata cane has 

 been gradually abandoned in favour of 

 less valuable, but also less susceptible, 

 varieties. 



The disease generally makes its appear- 

 ance towards the end of the rainy season 

 in September, and always before the adult 

 stage of the canes has been reached ; thus, 

 if a crop escapes until January it may be 

 regarded as safe. The first noticeable 

 symptom of the attack is a chunge of colour 

 in the leaves, from dark to light green. 

 The stem next acquires a dingy yellow 

 colour, and finally the pith begins to show 



