1921.] 



Rabies. 



985 



Xo. 282, — Scheme for the Iiiiproveiuent of Live Stock. 

 ,. 296. — Potato Growing in Allotments and Small Gardens. 

 „ 335.— Potash Fertilisers. 



,, 349. — Methods of Obtaining Strong Stocks of Bees for Over- 

 Wintering. 



The following leaflets have been withdrawn from circulation: — 

 Permanent Series — 



No. 155. — Larch Canker. 

 „ 158.— White-Rot of the Vine. 



174.— Tree Root-rot. 

 ^, 273.— " White-Heads " or " Take- All" of Wheat. 



Food Production Series — 



Xo. 5. — Breaking up Grass Land. 

 „ 13. — Comparative Money Values of Feeding Stuffs. 

 „ 23. — Blast Furnace Flue Dust as a Potash Fertiliser. 

 27. — Potash Supplies during the War. 



Special Series — 



No. 34. — Autumn and Winter Fodder. 

 ,, 60. — The Preparation of Home Made Rennet. 

 „ 76.— Feeding Stuffs and Live Stock. 



Approximate Areas of Land at Different Altitudes.— In 



response to an enquiry, an approximate calculation has been made by the 

 Ordnance Survey of the area of land in England, Wales and Scotland at 

 different altitudes, after deducting the area of forest land and the area 

 under cultivation. 



Enffland. 

 Above 500 and below 750 feet 

 .. 750 „ 1. 000 ., 

 ,. 1,000 feet 



Scotland. 



Above 500 and below 750 feet 

 ., 7.50 .. 1,000 .. 



,, 1,000 feet 



Wales. 



Above 500 and below 750 feet 

 „ 750 „ „ 1,000 ,. 

 .. 1.000 feet . 



Area after 

 deducting 

 Total area. Forests A: Land 

 under 

 I' Cultivation. 



Square miles. 



Square miles. 



5,907 



■. 5,607 



2,407 



2,027 



2,118 



1,418 



7,448 



6,648 



8,726 



3,026 . 



ri,415 , 



5,415 , 



1,706 



1,620 ' 



853 



810 



2,167 



2,020 



Rabies. — TFz7/s/«ire, Dorset and Hants. — Two extensions of the scheduled 

 district have unfortunately been rendered necessary by the- occurrence of 

 outbreaks of Rabies. The first of- these was confirmed on the 26th November, 

 on premises at Winiborne. As Wimborne was situated on the borders of 

 the Scheduled District, the District was extended so as to include Bournernouth 

 and the neighbourhood. On the following day, disease wag found to exist in 

 a dog which was discovered straying at Compton, near Winchester. Enquiries 

 elicited the fact that the dog had strayed from the piemises of its owner in 



