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Wart Disease : New Orders. 



[Dec, 



Tiie Minister of Agriculture has appointed an Advisory Com- 

 mittee to assist the Ministry in deciding as to the general con- 

 Testin<* of ditions which should govern the admission 

 A ricultural °^ a S r ^ cll ^ ura ^ machinery for tests under the 

 TM ~^hr auspices of the Ministry, and the principles 



y * which should be laid down as regards the 

 duration and conditions of the tests. 



The Advisory Committee will also be asked to advise upon 

 (a) the different categories into which agricultural machinery 

 should be divided for the purpose of testing ; (b) the nature of any 

 diploma or certificate to be awarded, having regard to the recom- 

 mendations of the report of the Departmental Committee on Agri- 

 cultural Machinery (Cmd.506); (c) the scale of fees which should 

 be charged, and the date from which it would be possible to charge 

 such fees ; (d) the constitution of panels from which the Ministry 

 might select Boards to be charged with the duty of drawing up 

 and revising from time to time detailed conditions applicable 

 to the machines of the various categories ; and ( e) generally 

 upon the arrangements to be made for the testing of agricultural 

 machinery. 



The Committee consists of representatives of the Agricultural 

 Engineers' Association, the Dairy Appliance Manufacturers' 

 Association, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, 

 the National Association of Agricultural Engineers and 

 Implement Dealers, the National Farmers' Union, the Royal 

 Agricultural Society of England, the Central Chamber of Agri- 

 culture, the Central Landowners' Association, and the National 

 Agricultural Labourers and Farm Workers' Union, in addition to 

 certain agricultural scientists and experts. 



The Chairman of the Committee will be Sir Douglas Newton. 

 K.B.E., and the Secretary. Mr. P. Barker, of the Ministry of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries. 



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The Ministry, on the recommendation of the Potato Advisory 

 Committee and with the approval of the Agricultural Advisory 

 2j ow ri r ^ ors Committee, has decided to make certain 

 D^pMiitf with cnan § es m ine Orders dealing with wart 

 « 1 -^f. disease. The effect of them is to allow the 



Wart Disease. . - , . 



planting of non-immune varieties of potatoes 



on land in wart disease infected areas, provided such land is 

 not actually infected or known to have been infected with the 

 disease, and to give greater protection against the spread of the 

 disease to other districts. 



