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THt: aohicultuhal jouunal. 



Upper Tugela Division. 

 Earthcote. — No deaths ; no fresli cases. 



Newcastle Division. 



Normandien Area. — One animal sick. 



Ingogo and Charlestown. — One fresh 

 case at Ingogo ; cattle of Mr. Middleton. 



Lennoxton Area. — Fresh outbreak ; 

 cattle of Mr. Greening. One dead. 



Fresh outbreak. — Cattle o'f S. James. 

 One dead. 



Cattle of J. Smith's : four deaths. P.W. 

 Department : One death. 



Hope Farm,— Cattle of W. Adendorff : 

 Sixteen deaths up to 23rd February, 1902. 

 Natives' cattle : Fifty deaths up to 23rd 

 February, 1902. 



Eaglescliff.— Fresh outbreak : Cattle of 

 A. Vanderplank, one dead. 



Dundee Division. 



Aviemore. — No deaths ; no fresh cases. 



Lincoln and Swiss Vallej\ — No deaths ; 

 no fresh cases. 



Blesboklaagte. — Cattle of Cold Storage 

 Company : G80 head. Up to 23rd inst : 



156 dead ; 46 sick. Cattle all inoculated 

 with bile. 



Sheepridge. — 2G3 head, 19 dead, 2 sick. 

 Cattle all inoculated with bile. 



Zanana — Fresh outbreak amongst 320 

 head of cattle belonging to D. Meumann. 

 One dead, eight sick. 



Umsinga Division. 



Native Location near Pomeroy. — Fresh 

 outbreak amongst 18 head of cattle be- 

 longing to Chief Kula : Two dead, 16 

 sick. Cattle all inoculated with bile. 



Krantzkop Division. 

 Quarantine Area : 



Elandsvlei.— Four deaths ; two fresh 

 cases. 



Elandskop. — No deaths ; three fresh 

 cases. 



Zululand. 

 N'Kandhla. — No deaths ; no fresh cases. 



M. J. HIME, 



For P. V. Surgeon. 



Gorrespontiencem 



To the Editor Agricultural Journal. 



VINE STOCKS 



SIl?, — Do you know, 1. If any nursery- 

 man in Natal keeps vines grafted on 

 phylloxera resistant stocks? 



2. AVliere roots of banil)oos, suitable for 

 whip-sticks, are to be ol)tained:-' i.e., close- 

 jointed bamboos, called Cape sticks, and 

 used l)y post cart drivers. — -Yours faith- 

 fully, 



T. F. KEMFEEY. 

 Ixopo, ;3rd l'"ebruary, 1902. 



PlIYLLOXEUA illOSISTANT STOCKS. — Mr. 



W. J. Bell, Jlorist and seedsman, Maritz- 

 burg, keeps the vine stocks recpiired by 

 Mr. Eenifrey. At present he is sold out, 

 l)ut i)i ./nly next he expects another con- 

 signment, it is, of course, possible that 

 other seedsmeii iiiiport these stocks. The 

 ini])()rtatioii, Jiowever, is not common. 



AND BAMBOOS. 



Bamboo Whip-sticks. — With regard to 

 this question, Mr. H. W. J ames, of Zwolle, 

 Verulam, has been good enough to pro- 

 vide the following reply: upon the uses 

 to which bamboos can be put, Mr. James 

 gives much interesting and practical in- 

 formation in an Ergates' interview. No. 

 9, Vol. IV. Mr. James writes: — 



I have your favour of the 5th inst. .re 

 bamboos and Cape whip-sticks. I think 

 this latter kind is not the same as the 

 common bamboo we have here, inasmuch 

 as the joints are longer and the sticks 

 ]iuich thinner and more like a reed than 

 the common bamboo. Still, so great is the 

 difference caused by climate, soil and ele 

 ration, that 1 am unable to arrive at an 

 opinion. I have heard that there is a 



