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Vol. IV. FRIDAY, NOVEMBERS, 1901. No. 18. 



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CONTENTS. 



^ • PAJE. 



District Reports ... ... 548 



Veterinary. 



Rinderpest at Van Reenen's ... 54t> 



Veterinary StafE Notice ... ... 547 



Departmentftl Reperts for August ... 557 



Agriculture. 



Basic Superphosphate. By Archd. 



Pearce ... ... ... 546 



Mealie Hay (Illustrated) .. ... 561 



Farm Education for Ireland ... 561 

 Cattle. 



Sex in Calves ... ... ... 566 



Priealand Bulls. Mr. Potts ... 575 



PAGE. 



Dairy. 



Pasteurising Milk for Calves ... 552 



Annual Report : By E. 0. Challis ... 553 



Entomology. 



First Report of Entomologist ... 561 



Locusts and Birds ... ... 561 



Black Peach Aphis (Illustrated) : By 



Claude Fuller ... ... 564 



Miscellaneous. 



Cold Storage Profits ... ... 552 



Enemies of Bees in South Africa ... 559 



Buck Jumping ... ... 566 



Market Reports ... ... 567 



4 New Manurom 



BASIC SUPERPHOSPHATE. 



By Archibald Pearce. 



IT is some time since anything strikingly 

 novel in the way of manures has been 

 introduced into the agricultural world ; 

 but at a recent meeting of the Society of 

 Chemical Industry a newly patented 

 article was described, which, on account 

 of its probable suitability for many Natal 

 soils, may be worth a few words. The 

 fertiliser in question is called Basic Super- 

 phosphate, and it is claimed that it will 

 supersede the ordinary forms of super- 

 phosphate on all such soils as are deficient 

 in lime, and have certain other advan- 



tages besides. It is made by mixing lime 

 with superphosphate in the process of 

 manufacture, with suitable precautions 

 as to the quality and quantity of the lime, 

 the result being to produce a phosphate 

 of such a nature that the admitted dis- 

 advantages of superphosphates on soils 

 poor in lime are counteracted. As we are 

 afflicted with many such soils in Natal 

 the possibility of obtaining a manure 

 specially suited for us is a very desirable 

 object ; and the progress of this new in- 

 vention should be watched by those 



