THE AG HI C U LT li UAL J OUR N A L. 



PiuHimouia in an importod Devon cow, 

 which recovered under the usaal treat- 

 ment. 



Auajinia in an imported bull, the result 

 of an attack of redwater. 



Ophtiialniia in calves. 



Purpura Ha^morrhagica in an imported 

 Hackney stallion. 



Liver Degeneration in an imported 

 Shetland pony ; the pony died. 



Lacerated wound in a tilly. 



Vegetable poisoning in a cow. 



IXOPO— D.V.S. VERNEY. 



Scab. — Except for Alfred Division my 

 Districts are fairly free from this disease. 



Lungsickness. — There have been no 

 fresh outbreaks of this disease. 



2'etamis. — A case of tetanus occurred 

 in the Polela District. The animal was a 

 young cart mare running on the veld. 

 There was no previous history, nor was 

 there any evidence of any wound which 

 is usually the case in animals developing 

 lockjaw. The animal died. 



A case of horsesickness in a thorough- 

 bred pony in the Polela District came 

 under jny treatment. I am glad to say 

 this animal made a good recovery. 



NEWCASTLE— D.V.S. HUTCHINSON. 



Lungsickness. — In the Newcastle Divi- 

 sion forty-four herds have been placed 

 under license during the month. The 

 majority ai-e cattle that have been taken 



from the Captured Stock Depot at New- 

 castle. As I have pointed out in previous 

 reports, all animals taken from the Im- 

 perial Government Depots are immedi- 

 ately placed under license, as cases of the 

 disease have, so far, appeared in every 

 troop of captured stock brought from the 

 Transvaal and Orange River Colony. 

 Three outbreaks have occurred in the 

 Upper Tugela, eight in Ladysmith, seven 

 in Dundee, and three in Umsinga. The 

 isolation camp on Dicker's farm, near 

 Dundee, contains seventy-four cases, and 

 the isolation camps at Lennoxton about 

 200. 



Scab.— AW sheep sold at the captured 

 stock sales have also been placed under 

 license. Besides these, the following out- 

 breaks have been dealt with, viz. : — 

 Umsinga one, Dundee five, Ladysmith 

 one. Upper Tugela one, Newcastle ten. 



Glanders.— One. case destroyed. 



Redwater is still very prevalent amongst 

 cattle introduced from the new Colonies. 



Horsesickness. —Losses from this disease 

 have been very heavy all over my District 

 during the last fortnight. 



ActiHomijcosis Bovis. — My attention 

 was called to a case near Dannhauser. 

 This is the second I have metwith in the 

 Colony. The fungus was affecting the 

 tongue in both instances. I do not think 

 the disease is very prevalent in Natal, but 

 understand cases are often met with in 

 the Cape Colony. Stock-owners should 

 understand that the majority of cases are 

 amenable to treatment if taken in hand 

 during the early stages of the disease. 



Forest in War. 



{Hj G. H. Davibs, 



IN the Journal for January lOtli, 1900, 

 there was a report of a paper readj 

 by Mr. D. E. Hutchins before the Society 

 of Arts, London. Reference was niadej 

 in it to the military value of forest, fol- 

 lowed by an argument tending to show, 

 the assistance likely to l)e given by forest 

 to the inhabitants of an invaded country, 

 I remember, years ago, an unfortunate 

 public assertion of the opinion thai; 



Forest Ranger, Qudeni.) 



Natal should be cleared of bush because 

 it would give an advantage to mutinous 

 katirs. Thus we have an agreement 

 reached from two opposite points of view 

 as to the strategic value of forest. 



Soon after the report above referred to 

 appeared in the Journal, I was favoured 

 by another expression of opinion, not in 

 M'ords this time, but in the convincing 

 language of action. In February, lOOO^, 



