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THE AOBI C U LTU BAL JOURNAL. 



Bite Supply, 



NOTICE. 



UNDSR Government Notice No. 506, 

 of 1901, I hereby grant permission 

 to all owners having cattle in the Magis- 

 terial Division of Umsinga to inoculate 

 their cattle with glycerinated bile. Raw 

 bile may be used for the second inoculation 

 should the owner so wish. A Bile Station 

 exists at Besters, and one is now being 

 established at Dundee. Owners should 

 send in to a Bile Station 5 per cent, of 

 their cattle, between 3 and 4 years old, 

 when sufficient bile for a double inocula- 

 tion of their cattle will be issued to them, 

 and they will be refunded in cash half 

 the value of the cattle so sent in at a price 



not exceeding £10 per head. A charge 

 of 38. per dose is made by the Govern- 

 ment in cases where bile is purchased for 

 cash and the necessary percentage of 

 cattle not sent in, but the Veterinary De- 

 partment cannot guarantee a supply. 

 Owners should send in the percentage of 

 cattle in order to make certain of obtain- 

 ing the amount of bile required by them. 



A charge of 2s. 6d. per dose is made for 

 serum. 



S. B. WOOLLATT, 

 Principal Veterinary Surgeon. 

 Principal Veterinary Surgeon's Office, 

 Piettrmaritzburg, 22nd February, 1902, 



Disposal ot Farm Produce , 



THE Minister of Agriculture has called 

 the attention of the Military Autho- 

 rities to the fact that there are large 

 quantities of mealies, forage, and potatoes, 

 which have been grown in the Colony 

 this season, and which are at their dis- 



posal. The Minister suggests that those 

 having produce of this nature for sale, 

 should send particulars as to prices and 

 quantities on hand to the A.A.G for 

 (Supplies at Newcastle. 



Mapstone Oats s Another Reports 



MR. .1 HAYES, Polela, writes:—! re- 

 ceived 14 lbs. of seed from Mr. 

 Brown, Secretary of Polela Agricultural 

 Society, and planted the seed on the 24th 

 of Au^'ust, 1901, and I must say I got a 

 splendid crop. I reaped 57G bundles, and 

 I found the crop quite rust-proof. On 

 thrashing I got seven sacks of seed, each 

 sack weighing about IGO lbs., the whole 

 amount weighing 1,120 lbs. The only 

 fault I see is that you cannot replant 

 after reaping, as the seed is too new. 



and will not germinate. The seed is not 

 like the Sidonian, which you can reap 

 and immediately replant with success. 



Jarrah Wood Seed. 



THE Department has a small quantity 

 of the Jarrah wood seed for distri- 

 bution. The Jarrah timber of Western 

 Australia has acquired high reputation 

 lor durability, and is recognised as par- 

 ticularly suitable for railway sleepers. 



