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TEE AOBICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



the same fate. If I might offer an 

 opinion 'it would be that the Mapstone 

 and Algerian oats originated from the 

 same stock, but the Mapstone having 

 been grown in Natal a few times, climate 

 and environment have had the effect of 



making them ripen a few days earlier, 

 slightly imparing their hardiness. 



I think that they are both equal to our 

 old winter oat for sowing in winter for 

 grazing, and whoever has enough of one 

 of the two need not wish for the other. 



Queensland Cati/e. 



THE INTERVIEW WITB MR. BOOKER. 



A PROOF of the interview published in 

 the last issue was sent to Mr. Booker 

 for correction, but owing to Mr. Booker's 

 movements, it unfortunately was not re- 

 turned before the Journal had gone to 

 press. 



The tick dip should be as follows : — 



Water ... ... 400 galls. 



Arsenic ... ... 6 lbs. 



Washing Soda ... 24 „ 



Common Soap ... 24 „ 



Stockholm Tar ... 5 galls. 



The mixture should boil for six hours. 



The tick-infested, or redwater, division 

 of Queensland is the north and east of the 

 Colony. 



The gentlemen sent to America to in- 

 vestigate the redwater discoveries were 

 the late Dr. Hunt, Pathologist to the 

 Agricultural Department, and William 

 Collins, a well-known cattle breeder. The 

 result of the visit was very satisfactory. 

 The Queensland Agricultural Department 

 took the matter up earnestly, and placed 

 Dr. Hunt in the north of the Colony, and 

 Mr, C. J. Pound in the south. These 

 gentlemen carried out extensive inoculat- 

 ing experiments under local conditions, 

 and both proved the efficacy of the system 

 when properly carried out. 



New Rinderpest Notice.. 



MORE FAVOURABLE TERMS FOR INOCULATION. 



IT is hereby notified, for general infor- 

 mation, that owners sending in to a 

 Bile Station five per cent, of their cattle 

 will receive sufficient glycerinated bile 

 for a double inoculation, and will be re- 

 funded, in cash, half the value of the 

 cattle sent in, at a price not exceeding£10 

 per head. The cattle will be valued , on 

 arrival at the Station ; the owner should 

 be present if possible. The cattle sent in 

 should be between the ages of three and 

 four years. 'Ihe Department reserves to 

 itself the right to refuse unhealthy or un- 

 suitable cattle. Three shillings (3s.) will 

 now be charged for each single dose of 

 glycerinated bile of 15 c.c. The Veterin- 

 ary Department will not guarantee a 

 supply of bile for cash ; owners should 



send in the percentage of cattle. A re- 

 fund will be made to all owners who 

 have already sent in cattle, or purchased 

 bile at 5s, a dose. Should any owner 

 wish to send cattle to the Bile Station at 

 Besters (farm Spitzkop) for treatment by 

 the serum method, full particulars under 

 which such cattle will be received may 

 be obtained upon application to me, A 

 charge for serum used, and grazing, will 

 be made ; the owner must supply the 

 necessary labour. 



S. B. WOOLLATT, 

 Principal Veterinary Surgeon. 



Principal Veterinary Surgeon's Office, 

 Pieterniaritf.burg, 25th January, 190?, 



