848 Serum Treatment for Swine Fever. [Dec.^ 



Buds or grafts will be worked on approved stocks. 



In no circumstances will the central station or a sub-station 

 permit trees, buds or grafts to be taken oft the station. 



The Committee will, after a consideration of the reports of 

 the recording staff and selected specialists, issue reports in which 

 recommendations of special varieties will be made. No report on 

 a variety will, however, be issued until sufficient time has elapsed 

 to enable a fair test to be carried out. 



The Committee for this purpose consists of : — 



Professor W. Batesoii, F.R.S. (Chairman). 



Mr. W. G. Lobjoit, O.B.E., J.P.^ 



Mr. H. V. Taylor, M.B.E., B.Sc. f , ■ , a ^ 



Mr J C F Frver MA V ^PP^^^^^ed by the 



Profe;so'r B. T. P.Barker, M.A. ( ^Ii"istry of Agriculture. 



Mr. G. W. Leak. ; 



The Chairman of the Wisley Committee.^ 



The Director of Wisley. / Appointed by the 



The Chairman of the Fruit Committee. > Royal Horticultural 



Mr. E. A. Bunyard. i Society. 



Mr. Cuthbert Smith. ) 



All communications concerning the scheme should be addressed 



t ) The Director, Royal Horticultural Society Gardens, Wisley,- 



Eipley, Surrey. 



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The Ministry announces that as from 1st January, 1923, it 

 will no longer be able to supply Anti- Swine-Fever Serum for the 



_ . ^ treatment of pigs in order to protect them 

 Serum Treatment . - £ n a ■ -u^ 



for Swine Fever "'^^ mfection oi Swme iever. 



This materia] has hitherto been supplied 

 by the Ministry free of charge, to owners of pigs in cases suitable 

 for the adoption of this method of preventing the spread of dis- 

 ease to apparently healthy pigs on premises where swine fever 

 has broken out. The method is only relatively inexpensive, and 

 its value depends upon the conditions under which it can be 

 applied in practice. The Ministry has found, however, as the 

 result of experience, that owing to the difficulty of getting in 

 touch with outbreaks before infection has made considerable 

 inroads among the stock, successful results in connection with 

 preventive treatment are greatly interfered with. Having regard 

 to this and to the necessitv for economv, it is considered advis- 

 able to discontinue serum treatment until such time as a safe 

 method of giving permanent, in place of temporary, immunity 

 has been worked out. 



The Ministry will be prepared, through its Inspectors, to advise 

 owners of pigs concerned in an outbreak, whether their individual 



