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by herding or kra:xling the beasts to- 

 gether, advantage might thus l)e talcen of 

 this short period of piirtial and (h>croasing 

 immunity, and a modified attack of tlie 

 disease ensured. Such an oi)i)ort unity, 

 however, must rarely l)e available. 



Failing this, then, it seems tlmt if wo 

 would adopt the bile system of iminuuis i- 

 tion, we must trust to the maintenance of 

 a condition of insusceptibility by sncces 

 sive injections of bile, and must forego 

 the advantages of an immunity of an 

 active or permanent nature, whicii can be 

 established only by sul)niitting the animal 

 to the ordeal of a modified attack of this 

 deadly disease. 



Or. Turner's Views on 

 Rinderpest Bile. 



WITH reference to Dr. Turner's letter 

 in the "Witness" a short time 

 since, stating that he had been mis-quoted 

 in a previous article of xiine on the sub- 

 ject of the infectious nature of some 

 rinderpest biles, I should like to say ihat 

 my statement was taken from an official 

 copy of the Pretoria liinderpest Con- 

 ference in 1897. On page 35 Dr. Turner 

 is reported to have said that " the question 

 whether the gall can cause disease is still 

 an open one." 



Knowing, however, Dr. Turner's views 

 on this important matter I suggested that 

 he was reported incorrectlj, remembering 

 that all evidence given at this Conference 

 passed through the hands of interpreters. 

 I regret if 1 have unintentionally mis- 

 represented Dr. Turner's views, and 

 would beg to call his attention to the 

 statement standing against his name in 

 the official proceedings of the above Con- 

 ference as the authority for my quota- 

 tion.— H,W-P. 



Ramboulllei Rants. 



ME. H. E. COOK, the representative of 

 an American firm of thorough-bred 

 live stock breeders, is engaged in dispos- 

 ing of Eambouillet rams and ewes. 

 Several have been sold to Weene.n and 

 Umvoti farmers. The sheep will be on 

 view at Estcourt for a few days. 



Importation of Dogs 

 into Gr e^t B ritain. 



AMENDED regulations respecting the 

 importations of dogs into (Jreat Bri- 

 tain are published in the Government 

 Gazette of the 4th instant. 



Mool River Creamery. 



THE annual meeting of the above 

 Creamery was held on the 8th inst. 

 The profits sliown were some 20 per cet'I' 

 A dividend of 7 per cent, was paid to the 

 shareholders, and the balance was passed 

 to the capital account. Elsewhere will 

 be found an account of the proceedings. 

 Correspondence , 



Natives Identification 

 Act. 



T T is notified by Proclamation that the 

 I Identification Act shall come into 

 force on the 1st June next. The Act 

 was publised in the Joimial — No. 22, Vol. 

 IV. 



Hext Issue. 



IN the next issue will appear an ex- 

 tremely interesting article on Pig 

 Farming, by Mr. J. Bonnar, of Mount 

 Partridge; also will appear one of Mr. 

 Charles Barter's delightful sketches, en- 

 titled "Sambo." Sambo is the name of 

 an intelligent dog Mr. garter possessed 

 while at Oxford. ".i. 



Agricultural Shows. 



Greytown, Thursday 29th May ; J. M. 

 Handley, hon. secretary. 



Estcourt, Wednesday, 4th June ; Her- 

 bert Blaker, J.P., hon. secretary. 



Maritzburg, Thursday, Friday, and 

 Saturday, June 26th, 27th, and 28th ; A. 

 Whittle Herbert, hon. secretary. 



Richmond, Thursday 24th July ; John 

 Marwick, hon. secretary. 



Noodsberg Road, Thursday, August 

 14th ; F. Reiche, hon. secretary. 



