196 Journal op the Department of Agriculture. 



Export of Cattle from the Union to Great Britain. 



An Order (No. 10056, of 5tli May, 1919) oi the Board of AgTicul- 

 ture and Fisheries brings once more into operation the law (suspended 

 for a while) concerning- the prohibited introduction into a port of Great 

 Britain of cattle, sheep, g'oats, or swine from certain countries, 

 whether such animals are carried as ship's stores or otherwise. As an 

 outcome of representations, however, regarding the admission of 

 Friesland cattle from the Union, advice has been received that thej^ 

 Avill be admitted into Great Britain on the following conditions: — 



(a) Tliat the cattle would only be imported on the order of 

 bona fide purchasers in Great Britain and under the. 

 auspices of the Government of the Union of South Africa 

 and of a recognized breed society. 



(/>) That the importations would be limited to pedigree cattle 

 of the Holstein (Friesland) breed. 



(c) That the cattle would be required to be landed at a foreign 



animals' quarantine station to be defined by an Order of 

 the Minister, and be there detained and isolated for a 

 period of four calendar months after landing, the Ministry 

 reserving to themselves the right to slaughter all or any 

 of the animals without compensation other than the 

 sum realized by way of salvage of the carcasses in tlie event 

 of the appearance amongst them of foot-and-mouth disease, 

 contagious pleuro-pneumonia, or cattle plague. 



(d) All expenses incurred in connection with the import of 



cattle in question would have to be borne by the importers. 



Poultry Shows: Organization. 



We have received a useful little pamphlet entitled " A Few 

 Notes and Suggestions for the Organization and Conduct of Poultry 

 Clubs and Shows," compiled by Mr. P. H. Taylor, Secretary to the 

 South African Poultry Association. The object of the pamphlet is 

 to assist newly-formed poultry clubs and agricultural societies in 

 organizing poultry shows, and secretaries of such bodies would be 

 well advised to obtain a copy. We understand the Poultry Associa- 

 tion will be pleased to supply copies on application to P.O. Box 692, 

 Pretoria. 



We advise you to get each copy of the Journal and to keep it. 

 A full index will be sent every six months to each subscriber. 

 Experience proves the Journal to be a useful book of reference. It 

 will be so in the future. Every farmer is asked to get the Jounjal 

 and not -to4ese-it.— T-t is likely that some day, in answer to an- inquiry, 

 you may be referred to an article in the Journal. Keep your Journal ! 



