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Admission of Canadian Cattle. [Aug., 



of which some twenty different varieties are being tested under 

 commercial conditions in order to ascertain which are most suited 

 for growing in the county. Manurial trials with cabbage are also 

 being carried out to test the comparative advantages of nitrate 

 of soda, nitrate of lime, sulphate of ammonia, and combinations 

 of nitrate of soda with superphosphate. Fourteen acres are set 

 out for trials of potatoes with the object of testing the comparative 

 cropping capacity of some twenty varieties, and also of testing 

 the value of " once-grown " seed as compared with seed direct 

 from Scotland. Experiments are also in progress comparing the 

 effects of the different potash and phosphatic manures on the 

 potato crop. 



The production of peas for drying and packeting green, has 

 for many years been a thriving industry in the county, and nine 

 acres of the trial grounds at Kirton are devoted to trials of 

 varieties of peas with the object of comparing their cropping 

 capacity and determining what are the most suitable manures. 

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Admission of Canadian Cattle.— A White Paper (Cmd. 1722, 

 1922, price 3d.) has been published by H.M. Stationery Office, containing : — 



(1) " Extracts from the Proceedings at the Conference of Prime Ministers 



and Representatives of the United Kingdom, the Dominions and 

 India, 1921." 



This is a verbatim report of the discussion at the Imperial Conference at 

 which the Canadian Prime Minister pressed for the carrying out of the 

 assurances claimed to have been given in 1917. 



(2) " Memorandum on the Report and Recommendations of the Royal 



Commission appointed to inquire into the admission into the 

 United Kingdom of Live Stock for purposes other than immediate 

 slaughter at the Ports." 



The terms of reference to the Commission are given together with the 

 conclusions arrived at by it. 



Export of Dogs to the Channel Islands.— Dogs may now 

 be imported into the Channel Islands from non-scheduled districts in Great 

 Britain (i.e., districts in and from which movement is not restricted by Order 

 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in consequence of an outbreak of 

 rabies) without undergoing a period of quarantine on arrival, provided they 

 are accompanied by an export certificate from the Ministry of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries (10, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.I) containing a full description 

 of the dog, i.e., breed, sex, age, colour and distinctive markings (if any) for 

 identification purposes, and certifying (1) that the dog comes from an area in 

 and from which the free movement of dogs is permitted, and (2) that the 

 dog is not in quarantine at the time of departure for the Islands. 



In addition to the export certificate referred to above the Jersey Authorities 

 require that every dog shall be accompanied by a veterinary certificate 

 testifying that it was in good health at the time of embarkation. 



