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inoculation purposes (even where every 

 care appears to have been taken in its 

 selection) often results in causing a 

 tremendous number of animals to suc- 

 cumb to blood poisoning. Whilst in the 

 case of virus taken from Natal-bred 

 animals this very rarely occurs. 



Drenching in the case of Overberg cattle 

 in the majority of instances has proved 

 an absolute failure, and is positively 

 dangerous, unless the animals have been 

 previously inoculated. 



Scab. — In all, 29 fresh licenses have 

 been issued during the month, viz. : — 

 Dundee 16, Umsinga 2, Ladysmith 4, and 

 Newcastle 7. The majority of these 



flocks are the property of burghers who 

 have been sent into the Colony by the 

 military authorities. 



Several reports as to suspicious cases of 

 rinderpest having occurred in my District 

 proved groundless in every instance on 

 investigation. 



One farmer lost a large number of cattle 

 from arsenical poisoning, due to turning 

 his sheep on the veld immediately they 

 had undergone treatment for scab with 

 Cooper's dip. 



Losses from poverty are very heavy 

 throughout the greater part of my District 

 amongst all classes of stock. 



Photo by the Editor. 



Model Dairy, Durban, 



THE above depicts the interior of the Model Dairy, Durban— the first in South Africa. 

 For a full description of the Dairy see No. 5 issue of i the present volume. 



