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Vol. IV. FRIDAY. JUr.Y 111 1901. 



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CONTENTS. 



PAvJE. 



District Reports ... ••• 291 



Veterinary. 



Rinderpest Outbreak, by H. Watkins- 



Pitchford, F.R.C.V.S. ... 289 



Agriculture. 



Paspalum Dilatalum ... ... 290 



Noxious Weeds ... ... 291 



Mapstone Oats ... ... 294 



Mealie Roots ... ... ... 294 



Plant Moisture ... ... 319 



Horses. 



Horses in Time of War ... ... 295 



Dairy, 



Milk Producers and their Responsi- 

 bilities, by Geo. R. Richards ... 292 

 The Udder ... ... ... 319 



Poultry, etc. 



Belgian Hares, by H. S, Power ... 300 



Fruit Culture. page. 



Favus ... ... ••• 317 



Pruning Citrus Trees (Illustrated)... 303 



Miscellaneous. 



To Australia and Back. The Hon. 



T. K. Murray ... ... 297 



Indian Labour ... ... 299 



Coast Geology. William Anderson, 



Government Geologist ... 305 



Renewing Water in Tanks ••• 316 



Disposal of Mealies ... ... 294 



Correspondence. 



How to Improve the Journal." W. 



Lister ... ... 306 



How to Improve the "Journal." J. 



A. F. Ortlepp ... •■ 307 

 American Wonder Lemon. A. B. 



Richardson ... ••• 307 

 Canadian Farm Implements. E. 



Marriott ... ... ... 307 



Gleanings ... ... ... 318 



Market Reports ... ... 320 



Rindergtest, 



By H, Watkins-Pitchfoed, F.R.C.V.S. 



A FURTHER bulletin announcing con- 

 tinued freedom from any extension 

 of the Umvoti Valley outbreak of rinder- 

 pest will be welcome to all. Such know- 

 ledge, though highly satisfactory, must 

 not be allowed to lure us into a sense of 

 false security, for it should be recognised 

 fully, after the experience of the past, that 

 in all that concerns rinderpest we are 

 dealing with asubtle and insidious disease, 

 which demands the greatest alertness of 

 attitude. 



For this reason no precautions have 

 been relaxed as yet, and it is only with the 



security assured by time that the Depart- 

 ment will feel free to relax its vigilance. 



As has been suggested, the position 

 taken by a section of the farming popula- 

 tion towards the recent action of the 

 Government in this matter, has been based 

 upon a misconception of the facts of the 

 case. No undue delay occurred in killing 

 all animals afflicted with the disease or 

 capable of carrying it, but it will be ac- 

 knowledged that a certain period of neces- 

 sary delay occurred between the first dis- 

 covery of the disease and the moment at 

 which authorised action could take place. 



