Official Notices and Circulars. 



JAN., 



Questions suhmitted by the Board for Report.- — It is stated that in 

 the course of the year numerous matters were submitted by the 

 Board for report. Many of these related to the value of materials 

 ^ supplied as feeding stufEs, and to the supply of potash and phosphatic 

 manures. The official method for the determination of potash in 

 fertilisers has been revised and a new method drawn up for use in the 

 case of flue dust (F. & F. StufEs (methods of analysis) Regulations No. 

 659. 1918). 



Flax Retting. — A number of samples of water proposed to be used 

 for retting flax were analysed. 



Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act.- — -The samples under this Act 

 were submitted by the Board in connection with applications by local 

 authorities for the consent of the Board to proceedings against the 

 sellers. The number of samples received was 11, consisting of 5 fer- 

 tilisers and 6 feeding stufEs, as against 20 in the previous 3^ear. 



The fertilisers consisted of superphosphate, basic slag and sulphate 

 of ammonia. 



The feeding stufEs examined consisted of feeding meals and cakes, 

 milling b^^-products and poultry foods. Several of the meals contained 

 a considerable proportion of substances unsuitable for feeding purposes. 



Since the date of the list given on pp. 345-6-7 of the issue of this 

 Journal for June last, the following leaflets have been issued in the 

 Permanent Series : — 

 Leaflets Issued "by No. 3^0. —Apple Aphides. 



the Ministry. 331. — Canning of Fruit and Vegetables. 



(Previously issued as F.P. Leaflet No. 34). 

 No. 332. — Liquid Manure. 



333- — -Fish Meal as a Food for Live Stock. 

 In addition, the information in the following Leaflets has been revised 

 ^nd brought up to date : — 



No. 26. — Tenant Farmers, Income Tax, and Accounts. 

 100. — The Breeding and Management of Pigs. 

 137. — Potato Scab. 

 105. — Wart Disease. 

 ,, 141.- — -The Preparation of Honey for Market. 



153.^ — -Storing of Turnips and Mangolds. 

 ,, 1 62. —Propagating Apples, Pears, Plums and Cherries. 



167. — -Ducks and Duck-breeding. 

 ,, 178. — Onion Mildew. * 

 180.^ — -Dodder. 



,, 197. — -Agricultural Education and Research in England and Wales. 

 ,, 198. — -Rearing and Marketing of Geese. 



207. — Strawberry Cultivation. 



235.- — Organisation of the Milk Supply. 

 ,, 244. — -The Destruction of Rats. 



253. — -Microsporidiosis of Bees, or Isle of Wight Bee Disease. 

 ,, 290. — The Cattle Testing Station of the Board of Agriculture and 



Fisheries. 

 ,, 297. — Seed Testing. 



,, 298. — Pig-keeping for Cottagers and Smallholders. 



yi^.— Suggestions to Allotment Holders for Autumn Treatment of 

 Land. 



^, 317. — The Rearing of Chickens. 



