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although they stand the rain well, they will need to be made of 

 a stronger material (especially at the corners where the strings 

 are attached) to be of use in wet and windy weather. They 

 should also be made a little larger so as to come below the 

 bands of .the sheaves. 



Ae a protection against birds the cnvers are very useful, while 

 grain and straw from covered stooks appear to be freer from 

 stain, brighter, and sweeter in smell than those from uncovered 

 stocks. The covers also prevent sprouting in stook. 



They would obviously be useful in the case of special crops, 

 such is pedigree corn, where protection from birds and preven- 

 tion of darkening by bad weather is more than usually necessary. 



At Is. each, the initial cost of the covers, which should last 

 with ordinary use two seasons, is about £8 — £4 per acre, while 

 the extra cost of fixing averaged about 2s. per acre. 



A summary of the general regulations governing the importa- 

 tion of Live Stock into the British Dominions, Colonies and 

 Live Stock Protectorates, and into foreign countries, 



Im ortation ^ as ^ een P re P aiea " * ne Ministry for 

 I Departmental use. It is. however, thought 



° ' that copies of this summary may be of ser- 



vice to exporters, and typed copies are obtainable at the 

 Ministry's Offices, 10, Whitehall Place, London, S.W.I, price 

 10s. each. A copy of the summary relating to any particular 

 country for which the regulations are available will be supplied 

 free. 



The information given in the summary is an indication of the 

 general regulations (apart from temporary prohibitions) of the 

 various countries on the importation of stock from Great Britain 

 and Ireland, as far as they are at present available. Purchasers 

 will be informed of any amendments made in 19*22 to this sum- 

 mary in the case of the more important countries. From 1923 

 onwards a charge, to be notified later, will be made for supplying 

 such amendments. 



