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Vol. IV. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1901. No. 15. 



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CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



District Reports ... ... 435 



Veterinary. 



South African Horsesickness. By 

 A. Theiler, Veterinarian to the 

 lateZ.A.R. ... - 449 



Quarter-Evil. By H. Watkins- Pitch 



ford, F.R.C.V.S. ... ... 452 



Veterinary Report for June ... 461 

 Agriculture. 



(irass Seed for Distribution ... 452 



Naartje Growing in the Midlands. 



By Ergates ... - 454 



page • 



Agriculture. 



A Chat with Mr. Anthony Wilkinson 



By Ergates ... 4.57 



Dairy. 



British Milk Standard ... ... 456 



Model Dairy, Durban, Illustrated... 465 



Poultry. 



Caponising ... ••■ ••• 466 



Pigeon House, Illustrated ... 470 



Market Reports ... — 480 



South African Horsesickness. 



By A. Theilek, Veterinarian to 



AS stated in the first instalment, I shall 

 now give the views of my coUeagne, 

 Mr. A. Theiler, upon this subject. The 

 coincidence of the main idea is notice- 

 able, when it is understood that the two 

 articles on the disease were written quite 

 independently, and without collaboration. 

 — H. W-P. 



Who does not know horsesickness ? 

 And yet there is so much conflicting 

 evidence upon this subject, that every 

 farmer has, more or less, his owr ideas 

 about it. Nevertheless, certain experi- 



the late South African Republic. 



ences of old, every year renewed, always 

 bring out the same facts, according to 

 which the prevention of the disease is 

 dealt with. These facts I wish to repeat 

 here, in order to explain them from a new- 

 point of view, based on experiments, last- 

 ing over several years, and still carried on. 



Horsesickness is a disease of horses and 

 mules in certain countries of South Africa. 

 These countries have, to a certain extent, 

 the same characteristics in tallurical and 

 climatic respects, the principal ones 

 being warmth and moisture. High-lying 

 tracts of country do not know the disease, 



