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CONTENTS. 



District Reports 



Veterinary. 



Rinderpest (continued). By H. 

 Watkins-Pitchford. F.R.C.VS.... 



Glycerinated Bile 



Rinderpest Reports 

 Agriculture. 



Guinea Grass Seed 



Na' al Stud Farm. ByErgate^ 



Agricultural Chemistry. By Archd. 

 Pearce 



Mapstone Oats : Further Reports ... 

 Alexandra Agricultural Society 



Annual Meeting 

 Cutworms 



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Sheep, 



Tunis Sheep in America 

 Fruit Culture. 



The F, Stevens Fruit Canning Co.... 

 Forestry. 



Will Forest Culture pay in Queens- 

 land ? 

 Entomology. 



Peach Leaf-Curl. By Claude Fuller 

 Miscellaneous. 



Sheep Stealing. By Morris A. Sutton 



To keep White Ants from a Building 

 Correspondence. 



Vine Disease. James Thorrold 

 Market Reports 



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Rintierpestm 



{Continued.) 



By H. WaTKINS-Pitchpord, F.R.C.V.S., Director Veterinary Department. 



IN the attempt to place before the reader 

 a review of the various methods and 

 their relative values in the treatment of 

 rinderpest, one remembers that this ques- 

 tion was the subject of much diversity of 

 opinion during the last outbreak. 



Doubtless opinions then formed were 

 based, in most instances, upon the actual 

 experiences of the time, and the dictates 

 of past experience will not be lightly dis- 

 regarded. 



It must not be forgotten, however, that 

 — urged by the imperious necessity of the 



moment — the experience gained by most 

 during the last outbreak was limited to 

 one method only, and so prevented a prac- 

 tical comparison of the relative merits of 

 the existing available methods. 



An expression of opinion from those 

 who have taken up the question with a 

 mind free from bias, and under circum- 

 stances not necessitating immediate or 

 immature conclusions, will be of value 

 and interest to us at the present juncture. 



The systems in use to-day with which 

 we are all familiar are two — (a) The Bile 



