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Prevention of Wart Disease. 



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are tabulated below, the total marks showing the order in 

 which the varieties were placed in regard to cooking 

 quaUty. : — ■ 



Maximum 

 Marks — 5. 



Ally. 



Arran 

 Chief 

 (Scotch). 



King 

 Edward. 



King 

 George. 



Majestic. 



Arran 

 Chief 

 (Local). 



Lochar, 



Templar. 



Boiling 



Steaming 



Baking 







5 

 5 

 4 



5 

 5 

 4 



5 

 4 



3 



3 

 4 



5 



5 

 4 



3 



3 



t 



3 

 3 

 5 



3 



3 

 3 



Total 



14 



14 



12 



12 



12 



12 



1 1 



9 





» 



* 





* 



* 



* 



During the last year the Ministry arranged for propaganda 

 work to be carried out by one of their inspectors amongst 

 farmers and potato merchants in Lincoln- 

 Prevention of Wart ^Y,ire, with a view to making clear their 

 Disease m . , ^. ^ ^i. 



Lincolnshire. responsibihty m relation to the mtro- 



duction of disease when buying seed 

 potatoes. The main object of the work, which was carried 

 out with the co-operation of the branches of the National 

 Farmers' Union, was to secure that only those potatoes grown 

 in districts free from wart disease should be introduced into 

 Lincolnshire for planting from outside districts. 



The work fell into two parts. The first was inter vie wing- 

 merchants, growers and farmers in the county, who were this 

 season obtaining seed potatoes from Scotland. The chief 

 object of these interviews was to ascertain if the growers and 

 dealers had complied with the Wart Disease of Potatoes 

 (Scottish Seed Potatoes) Order, 1919.* In the event of 

 their not having done so, they were asked to communicate 

 immediately with the Scottish merchant from whom they 

 were obtaining their " seed," and request either to be furnished 

 with the necessary certificate and declaration, or, failing 

 that, with a definite statement in writing from the merchant 

 that he held these documents. 



In all cases where the Order had not been comphed with, 

 farmers, growers and merchants were asked to communicate 

 the result of their inquiries to a central authority. 



Infomiation was also collected as to the usual channels from 

 which Scotch " seed " was obtained, and lists of merchants 

 deaUng in Scotch " seed " were procured. A list of the names 

 of Scotch dealers with whom Lincolnshire growers generally 



* See this Journal, January, 1920, p. 10. 



