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Vol. IV. 



AND MINING RECORD. 



FRIDAY, JANUARYS, 1902. 



No. 22. 



The Journal is issued fortnishtly. i.e.. every second Friday. Communications to be addressed to 

 the Editor " Agricultural Journal," Department of Agriculture, Maritzburg. 



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CONTKNTS. 



pa>;e. 



District Reports ... ... 674 



Veterinary. 



The Queensland Redwater Immune 

 Cattle. By H. Watkins Pitch- 

 ford. F.R.C.V.S. ... ... 678 



Education ... ■•• ••• 67'J 



Agricultdre. 



Sorrel ... ... - 674 



Hydraulic Ram, Syphon for (illus- 

 trated) ... ... ... 679 



Chemis ry for Beginners. By Archd. 



Pearce ... ... ■■• 685 



Mapstone Oats ... ... 687 



Cattle, 



Dipping Tis's ... ... 700 



Shorthorn Ketollections... ... 701 



Horses. 



Proportions cf a Horse ... ••. 702 



PAGE. 



Dairy. 



Size of Cows and Product of Butter 696 

 Hand-rearing of Calves at Nel's Rust^ 696 

 Dairy-breeds Competition ...699,703 



Intomology. ^ 



Locus; s ... ••• ••• 674 



Miscellaneous. 



Identification of Natives & ct , 

 South Devons and Race Horses — 

 Interview with Mr. W. Henwood. 

 By Ergatc s 

 Botanic Gardens, N.S.W. 

 A Smuggling Adv nture. By Hippias 

 Co-operation and Individualism 



Gleanings 



Market Reports 



675 



681 



689 

 693 

 700 

 680 

 704 



Scab : A Review. 



WE are in receipt of an advance copy of 

 a pamphlet by Mr. Fred Verran, 

 J.P., a Government Stock Inspector of the 

 Old Colony, entitled " Scab : Its Nature, 

 Cause,' and Cure." Mr. Verran deserves 

 cordial congratulations ; his booklet is 

 just what it should be. He points out 

 the evils of scab in strona-, simple, and 

 convincing language, and in a manner 

 that should best appeal to those for whom 

 he is writing. His advice is eminently 

 practical, Although the Scab Law of 



Natal is defective in many respects, yet, 

 with the general desire of sheep farmers 

 to keep their flocks free of the disease, 

 this Colony, under normal conditions, is 

 passably " clean." Nearly all the out- 

 breaks of the disease can be traced to 

 sheep introduced from the three surround- 

 ing Colonies, and heoce it is to be hoped 

 that in those Colonies, at any rate, Mv. 

 Verran's pamphlet will have many appre- 

 ciative readers. We extract the follow- 

 ing, which deals with the duties of In- 



