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and not more than 5 per centum of Calcium Carbonate (CaCOg), and not more 

 than 2 per centum of Magnesium Oxide (MgO). 



Lime-Sulphur is any preparation or compound made from Lime and Sulphur. 

 When used as or in the preparation of a fungicide, insecticide, vermin destroyer, 

 or weed destroyer, it shall be wholly soluble in water. 



Oil Emulsions. — Red Oil Emulsion or any preparation of Red Oil shall 

 contain at least 50 per centum of Red Oil, and shall not contain any residual oil. 



Paris Green is Aceto- Arsenate of Copper. It shall contain not less than 

 50 per centum of Arsenic Trioxide (AS^Os), and not more Arsenic in water- 

 soluble form than is equivalent to 3* per centum of Arsenic Trioxide (AS^jOs). 



Sodium Arsenate is any compound of Arsenic Trioxide (AS2OTT) and Soda. 



Standard Cattle Dip is any concentrated dipping fluid to which the term 

 " Standard " is applied. It shall contain, when diluted in accordance with 

 directions which shall be shown on the label, not less than eight pounds of 

 Arsenic Trioxide (AS^-Oh) in solution, not less than one-half of a gallon and 

 not more than one gallon of Stockliolm Tar, not less than two pounds of Soap 

 or its equivalent of Tallow or Saponifiable Oil, and not less than two pounds 

 and not more than four pounds of Caustic Soda or its equivalent in Sodium 

 Carbonate in every 400 gallons of the dipping fluid. 



Sulphur is the element sulphur whether in its natural or refined state. 

 When used as or in the preparation of a fungicide, insecticide, vermin destroyer, 

 or weed destroyer, it shall be designated in accordance with its mode of produc- 

 tion, such as " Flowers of Sulphur," '• Sublimed Sulphur," " Precipitated Sulphur,"' 

 "' Roll Sulphur," " Natural Sulphur," &c., &c. 



Tar used in the preparation of dipping fluids shall mean Stockholm tar, 

 pine tar, or wood tar, which shall be free from mineral or coal tar. 



Verdigris is essentially Basic Acetate of Copper. When used as or in the 

 preparation of a fungicide, insecticide, vermin destroyer, or weed destroyer, it 

 shall contain not less than 32 per centum of copper calculated on the dry basis. 



Vermin Destroyer. — Any special preparation used as a vermin destroyer shall 

 be designated in accordance with its principal active ingredient, as for example, 

 " phosphorus vermin destroyer," " strychnine vermin destroyer," '' arsenic vermin 

 destroyer," &c. Phosphorus vermin destroyer shall be of such a nature that 

 when prepared for use according to the directions given by the manufacturer or 

 vendor, and placed in close contact with dry wood, wood shavings, dry grass, 

 or dry straw in an air oven at a temperature of 180 degrees Fahrenheit for 

 three hours, it shall not cause the ignition of such substance on stirring. 



BEET FOR SHEEP. 



New Zealand Experiments. 



Feeding Value of Silver Beet. 



In ISTew Zealand there is something of a boom in the .cultivation of 

 silver beet as feed for sheep ; and the attention of fat lamb raisers and 

 others in Australia should be directed to a plant that, even allowing for 

 all differences of climate, should give a good account of itself on the 

 mixed farm where sheep take their proper place in the rotation. 



Its freedom from insect pests and fungoid diseases, its great 

 prolificacy in producing a wealth of stem and leaf (giving in 'New 

 Zealand quite six feedings-oif with sheep in twelve months' time from 

 date of first feeding), its resistance to drought and severe frosts, its 

 apparent freedom from the properties that cause scour or_ bloat_ in 

 sheep, the appreciation of all classes of farm stock for it (trials 

 having proved that it is relished before rape, kale, or roots), and its 

 fairly high-feeding value, place it in the forefront of forage and root 

 crops grown for stock in New Zealand at the present time. The 

 remarkable results obtained in 1912 at the Canterbury Frozen Meat 



