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vaginal injections, and antiseptics for the 

 ■wound. 



This, I think, would have been a most 

 successful case, but, unfortunately, in- 

 flammation of the peritonium set in, the 

 result of the wound from the poke in the 

 flank, which extended to the uterus, and 

 ended in the death of our patient. 



DURBAN— D.V.S. AMOS, 



Glanders. — One case showing clinical 

 symptoms of the disease was found in the 

 stables of the Colonial Carrying Com- 

 pany. I destroyed the horse, and made a 

 post-mortem. The lesions of the disease 

 were extensive in both lungs. The re- 

 maining horses were inspected, but none 

 showed aay clinical symptoms. They 

 have since been tested, and the stable is 

 undergoing disinfection and structural 

 alterations. 



Two condemned stables in Brickhill 

 Road have undergone a complete altera- 

 tion and disinfection under my own 

 snpervision and to my satisfaction, and 

 are now being used as stabling. 



The condemned stable in Commercial 

 Road has now been demolished by the 

 owner, who is erecting store rooms upon 

 the site. 



There only remains now one con- 

 demned stable in Durban. 



The plan of Durban to show such 

 places I am in hopes of getting from the 

 Public Works Department here. 



Ttfberculosis.— During the month four- 

 teen head of cattle have reacted to tuber- 

 culin, all of which have been reshipped. 

 Thirteen of these were out of one batch of 

 Madagascar oxen. 



Horsesickness has abated now. 



Lungsickness. — The dairy of Mr. Cald- 

 well, Stamford Hill, is still under 

 quarantine. Ten bulls arrived from 

 Australia in transit to Beira. One fell sick 

 whilst here, and developed a suppurative 

 pleurisy. On post-mortem examination 

 the pleura was found to be generally 

 thickened . (about ^ inch in thickness), 

 and coated with " inspissated pus, the 

 pleural cavity being full of a thin sup- 

 purative fluid. 



I have had one good recovery from a 

 joint infection by an organism of a 

 necrotic character common to the eastern 

 vlei. The animal was cast and the whole 

 joint thoroughly disinfected. I then in- 

 serted foui deep setons, and applied a 

 mercurial ointment twice daily. Under 

 potassium iodine treatment, the animal 

 is steadily improving. 



Some Manure Experiments. 



THE annual reports of the Canadian Ex- 

 perimental Farms for 1900 contain a 

 mass of information concerning the use of 

 fertilisers for cereals, a few notices of which 

 will be instructive to our cultivators, not- 

 withstanding the difi:erent climatic condi- 

 tions. At the Ottawa Farm these experi- 

 ments have been carried on for twelve 

 years, the land used being a sandy loam 

 more or less mixed with clay, which was 

 originally covered with heavy timber. As 

 a result of these trials it has been shown 

 that barnyard manure (mixed horse and 

 cow manure) can be most economically 

 used in the fresh or unrotted condition. 

 Ton for ton its producing power appears 

 equal to rotted manure, which loses during 

 the rotting about GO per cent, of its weight. 

 At the time the experiments were started 

 it was the general opinion that finely- 

 ground untreated rock phosphate was a 

 valuable fertiliser, but ten years' ex- 

 perience showed that unless treated with 



sulphuric acid it was of no value as a 

 fertiliser. These conclusions, however, 

 are different to those arrived at in con- 

 nection with experiments elsewhere, and 

 it would appear to have some distinct 

 value in soil well supplied with humus. 

 The use of sulphate of iron has proved 

 to be almost useless for producing an 

 increased crop, though highly recom- 

 mended at one time by a high authority. 

 Common salt has been shown to be a 

 most valuable agent for producing an in- 

 creased crop of barley, and of much less 

 value for spring wheat or oats. Gypsum 

 has similarly proved of use on barley 

 crops, but of little value for wheat or oats. 



After constant cropping for ten or eleven 

 years, it was found that the soil in the 

 plots receiving no farmyard manure were 

 much depleted of humus, and hence less 

 capable of holding moisture, and, apart 

 from the question of plant food, less 

 favourable for the growth of plants. To 



