THE JOURNAL 



OF THE 



MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE 



Vol. XXVII. No. 11. 



FEBRUARY, 1921. 



NOTES FOR THE MONTH. 



The Ministry of Agriculture has now taken possession of the 

 offices in Whitehall Place, which were occupied during the War 

 The Ministr 's ^ ^ e ^i^istry of Munitions. These offices, 

 • which during their tenure by the Ministry 

 New Offices. , ... & , . ; 



oi Munitions were known as Armament 



Buildings, were originally erected for the Ministry of Agriculture, 

 and although there is not sufficient accommodation to house the 

 whole of the present staff, their utilisation in conjunction with 

 the old offices in Whitehall Place, enables most of the activities 

 of the Ministry to be located in adjoining buildings. 



The only portions of the Ministry which are now housed else- 

 where are the Fisheries Division at 43, Parliament Street, and 

 the Tithe Branch at 3, St. James's Square. The Agricultural 

 Wages Board remains at 80, Pall Mall. 



The Ministry's new telephone number is " Victoria 8700." 

 The telegraphic address is " Growmore. Weststrand. London." 



The serious outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth Disease which 



occurred towards the end of December and in January in the 



■n * . «w « <. Midlands are remarkable from several cir- 

 Foot-and-Moufch . ml , . 



cumstances. The disease appeared m areas 



■ ii. j hitherto free from such visitations, and 



m the Midlands. , _ r . . , . . ' . , , , 



when the Ministry inquired into the causes 



it became evident that the infection must have been communi- 

 cated by sending animals affected by Foot-and- Mouth Disease 

 to a public market. The result was that many animals from 

 the market which had been exposed to the disease were 

 distributed over wide areas, thus rendering the whole country 

 liable to the risk of infection. 



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