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other respects much has yet to be learned 

 as to their habits, but doubtless much light 

 will be thrown on the subject and ex- 

 perience gained through the efforts of 

 the angling association which it is 



suggested should be formed — an idea 

 which I am glad to observe has already 

 received the enthusiastic support of some 

 of the most influential and best known 

 sportsmen in Natal. 



Pound Moticesm 



THE stock impounded as hereunder will 

 be sold, unless previously released, 

 on the 5th June next : — 



Richmond. — Yearling white ox with 

 brown spots on head and neck and brown 

 legs, no brand. 



Reported by Mr. C. P. Lewis running 

 on his farm at Arnold's Hill.— Brown he 

 goat, no marks and no brands. 



Springfield. — Red mare, branded TO^ 

 with foal at foot, long tail. This mare 

 has since died of horsesickness Red 

 mare, branded CD, long tail, dark red, 

 untrained. Dark bay filly, aged two 

 years, long tail, unbranded. White pig. 



(boar), tall, long snout. Black pig (sow) 

 short, long snout. 



Ladysmith.— Black ox, branded JG, tip 

 of left ear cut off. Black and white ox, 

 branded JG, right ear slit twice, tip cut 

 off left ear. Black ox, branded JG, tip 

 cut off left ear. Black ox, right ear 

 swallow tail, end cut off left ear, no 

 brands. Black ox, a little white on both 

 thighs, cut in both ears, no brands visible 

 Ox, right ear swallow tail, white brush ou 

 tail ; the latter two oxen are old. 4 bas- 

 tard sheep, branded R or B on near side. 



Nqutu.— 10 Kafir goats, no brands. 



Woodstock. — Bay mare, star on fore- 

 head, legs black up to knees, right hind 

 foot white, hog mane. 



English Poultry > 



ACCORDING to the Prufitahlc Farm 

 and Garden, at Heathfield, in Sussex, 

 the great centre of the poultry rearing and 

 fattening induBtr/, the turn-out of dead 

 poultry is estimated at nearly the value 

 of £ir)0,(K)() sterling per annum. One of 

 the la)'gest fattening establishments at 

 Heathfield is stated to turn out about 100 

 doxen chickens per week. Rearing and 

 fattening are, however, both distinct 

 businesses, and whilst the latter may be 

 carried on independently as a profitable 

 business, the former is always combined 

 with something else to make it pay. 

 Generally si)euking, land is laid down for 

 grass, and dairying is combined with 



poultry in order to make the calling pro- 

 fitable. It is stated at Heathfield that 

 three acres and a cow, with poultry, pro- 

 vide a decent living. 



In this respect, though the area of 

 ground required be larger. South Africa 

 will beat Sussex any day. We can give 

 a case in point from Wynberg, where a 

 gentleman who arrived with the proverb- 

 ial half-crown in his pocket managed to 

 amass within seven years a fortune of 

 v;50,000. Unhappily this overwhelming 

 success proved too much for him, with 

 the result that he went in for Rand shares 

 and- committed suicide within ten years. 

 — Wynherg limes. 



