Agricultural Journal of the Cape of Good Hope Volume 18 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 edition. Excerpt: ...on " Military Horses, and How to Breed Them," which we insert in this journal. This is followed by a concise and practical paper by Mr. S. B. Hollings, on "False Packing of Fleeces." The same author has another excellent illustrated article on the evolution of the "Cross-Bred Sheep, and its Effect on Prices," etc. There is a very instructive article on the "Production of Vinegar" by Mr. C. Mayer; and a very comprehensive article on "Are Manufactures Necessary to the Progress and Development of Cape Colony; should they be protected and how?" by Mr. T. Bagnall. The "Influence of Manure on the Production of Mutton" is exhaustively treated by Mr. Wm. Somerville. The popular Orpington fowl is described iu a most interesting and instructive paper by Mr. lieorge Bradshaw. There are also articles on Protective Inoculation against Anthrax; Application of the Tuberculin Test; Eradication of Scab; Dairy Industry and the Contamination of Milk during Transit; The Disposal of Sewage; Agricultural Settlers on Cape Flats; Malarial Fever in the Dog; Shropshire Sheep; Tick-Destroying Experiments, etc.; and a description of Mr. Mellish's Stud Farm, Vrede Hoek, with numerous short paragraphs containing condensed information on all sorts of subjects interesting to farmers and stock-owners. It is sold at the low price of one shilling and published by the Wynberg Times, Cape Town.--Editor. Pyrethrum, or Persian Insect Powder Plant. We have lately received from an esteemed correspondent a most satisfactory report of a trial of this very useful plant, and we wish that its cultivation was more general throughout the Colony. He writes: --"The insect powder plant seed you and Prof. MacOwan sent mo has...