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[Feb., 



kept had to be made, particularly in the ease of pigs. Exports 

 as a result, ceased entirely. 



The trade has not since recovered its former place in the 

 European markets. This has been largely owing to restric- 

 tions in shipping, the depreciation of the currency in neigh- 

 bouring countries, and the high prices ruling for feeding stuffs. 

 Her former trade with England has especially suffered. The 

 lower prices for feeding stuffs obtaining in this country have 

 been an influential factor in preventing a resumption of the 

 export trade of butter and bacon on the pre-war scale, and, 

 as a result, in default of the usual British market, the Danes 

 have sought other markets for the disposal of their surplus 

 products. 



Farmers would be well advised to improve their markets in 

 bacon, dairy produce and eggs, in order that, as pre-war con- 

 ditions gradually readjust themselves, they may be able the 

 more successfully to compete with Danish produce. 



The following summary regarding the prevalence of Wart 



Disease of potatoes (Synchytrium endobioticum'Perc.) in Europe, 



.as well as the measures of control in the 

 Wart Disease of , , , „ , , 



Potatoes ' various countries, has been compiled irorn 



_ , ' the publications of the International Agri- 

 Prevalence on F . ... ° 



_ . cultural Institute at* home, and is suppie- 



the Continent : , , . , ' , 



, £fH . , mented by a report prepared by one 01 the 

 Methods of Control. . A , J _ 1 L 1 \ J L , . , 

 Ministry s Inspectors who recently visited 



the Continent. 



Holland. — Wart Disease has been discovered in the neighbour- 

 hood of Winschoten. near Groningen, in the north-east of 

 Holland, where there are a few isolated cases. It is believed 

 that the disease was introduced from Germany in infected 

 potatoes carried by workmen. The Phytopathological Service of 

 Holland keeps a sharp look-out for the disease, and the planting 

 of potatoes in affected districts is prohibited. Experiments made 

 with the object of discovering a cure failed. One Dutch variety 

 — Ceres — was found to be immune, but it is not a very good 

 cropper. Experiments are being continued with a number of 

 English varieties. A Ministerial Decree of 20th March, 1914, 

 ordered the inspection of potatoes destined for export to the 

 United States of America. By a Decree of 13th July, 1914, the 

 importation and transit of potatoes from certain countries may 

 be forbidden, or only provisional admission granted. A Decree, 

 of 7th September. 1920. governs the importation and transit of 



