Agricultural Advisory Committee. [Jan.. 



SECOND REPORT OF THE AGRI- 

 CULTURAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE 

 FOR ENGLAND AND WALES. 



Since lltli August last the Agricultural Advisory Committee 

 has met twice, viz., on 12th October and 9th November, the 

 following subjects having been dealt with at the meetings : — 



(1) Wart Disease of Potatoes. — A Memorandum setting out 

 the position with regard to thi< disease w^as considered, and it 

 was decided that the plantiii;i of non-immune varieties of 

 potatoes be allowed in areas scheduled as Infected Areas under 

 the Wart Disease Order, though no such varieties are to be 

 planted on land actually known to be infected with the disease. 

 Additional restrictions are to be placed upon the movement of 

 potatoes as follows : — (1) Potatoes of susceptible varieties which 

 have been grown in any infected area so declared by the 

 ]\finistry, the Board of Agriculture for Scothmd, or the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture for Ireland, are not to be moved into any 

 clean area; (2) If disease appears in any crop grown in England 

 and Wales, the potatoes shall n(jt be marketed except in a place 

 mentioned in a Hcence granted by the ^Ministry; f^3) Potatoes 

 tor planting shall not be sold anywhere in England and Wales 

 unless the grower of them has obtained a certificate from tlie 

 ^linistry or from the Scottish Board, or the Irish Department, 

 to the effect (a) thnt the potatoes are of an approved immune 

 variety, true to type, and free from rogues, or (h) that the 

 potatoes have not been grown in any infected area, and that 

 Wart Disease has not been reported to have occurred on the 

 holdmg on which the potatoes were grown. 



(2) The Allocation in England and Wales of the Proposed 

 Grant of £850,000 for Promoting Agricultural Development. — 

 A Alemorandum covering and explaining the proposed general 

 lines of the allocation was considered, and a Sub-Committee 

 was appointed to go into the details of the matter with 

 the Ministry and to report again to the Committee. This 

 Sub-committee has not yet presented its Picport. 



(3) Telephone Facilities at Railway Goods Stations. — The 

 Council of Agriculture for En.Ldand had at its meeting on 

 27th May, 1921, passed the following resolution: — 



" That in the opinion of this Council, all railway goods 

 stations at which perishable produce is dispatched or 

 received should be connected with the public telephone 

 forthw^ith." 



