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Rabies. — No '.fresh case of Rabies has been confirmed 111 Great 

 Britain since the 18th February last, the date of the case mentioned 

 in last month's issue of the Journal. All muzzling and movement 

 restrictions remaining in force in the Plymouth Area were withdrawn 

 by an Order which took effect on the 29th March. The metropolitan 

 muzzling area has also been further reduced. 



Agricultural Executive Committees and Cultivation of Land Orders. — 



The Somerset Agricultural Executive Committee recently prosecuted 

 an owner of land for failing to comply with a Cultivation Order served 

 in June last, requiring the land to be ploughed and cleaned by the 2nd 

 of September. The defendant's solicitor pleaded guilty on behalf of 

 his client, but urged in extenuation of the offence that the land was 

 purchased with the object of selling it again, not with the intention of 

 cultivating it, and that delay had occurred in finding purchasers suitable 

 to his client. The Bench imposed a fine of £25 with £10 105. costs. 



Ar£Order determining the tenancy of five fields in the West Riding 

 of Yorkshire has been issued in consequence of the neglected condition 

 of three arable fields comprised in the holding. The West Riding 

 Agricultural Executive Committee state that the Cultivation Orders 

 they have served on the tenant, and the warnings they have given 

 him on many occasions, have had no effect on the state of the cultiva- 

 tion of his land. 



A prosecution for disregard of Cultivation Orders issued by the 

 Surrev Agricultural Executive Committee was heard at Guildford on 

 the 12th March. The Orders in question were issued in October and 

 November, 191 8, and required that certain arable fields should be 

 cleaned and cultivated in preparation for food crops for the harvest of 

 191 9. Practically nothing was done, however, to carry out these Orders 

 up to the end of 191 9. The occupier of the land was fined ^50, and his 

 agent, /to. Notice was given that an Appeal would probably be 

 lodged. 



Poultry and Eggr Prices. — The Poultry and Game (Prices) Order, 

 191 8,* was revoked as from Monday, 22nd March, and as a result all 

 British poultry and game are now free from control. 



The Eggs (Prices) , Order, 1919!, was also suspended from Monday, 

 22nd March. 



Price of Sugar for Bee-feeding. — The Ministry has been in frequent 

 communication with the Royal Commission on the Sugar ' Supply 

 on ."behalf of bee-keepers, and has been informed that the Commission 

 are unable to reduce the price of sugar for bee-feeding below the economic 

 price, or below that at which it is sold for purposes other than grocery and 

 the manufacture of jam, as this would, in effect, be equivalent to paying 

 a subsidy to the bee-keeping industry. 



The Ministry regrets this decision, but in view of the general increase 

 in price, bee-keepers cannot expect to receive preferential treatment. 



* S. e this J urnal, January, 1920, p. 1033. 



t „ „ December, 1918, p. 112S, and January, 1920, p. 1033, 



