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Weather Forecasts for Farmers. 



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Weather Forecasts for Farmers. — The Meteorological Ofi&ce will, as 

 in past years, supply forecasts of weather by telegraph to persons 

 desirous of receiving them, upon payment of a registration fee of is. 

 and the cost of the telegrams, computed at is. per message. 



The forecasts are drawn up at 10.30 a.m., 4.0 p.m., and 9.0 p.m. 

 (summer time) . Forecasts issued at the morning hour refer to the period 

 covering the afternoon of the day of issue and the morning of the fol- 

 lowing day. Those issued in the afternoon and evening refer to the 

 whole of the following day. All the forecasts include a Further Outlook 

 of the probable weather beyond the 24-hour period whenever such a 

 Further Outlook can be given. 



Notifications will also be issued by telegram when conditions indicate 

 that a spell of several days fair weather is likely, and again when the 

 spell is about to break up. For this service a fee of 6d. is charged for 

 each telegram despatched, in addition to the Post Office charges for 

 telegraphy. A minimum deposit of 5s. against which the charges may 

 be booked is required. 



Applications for regular forecasts (as distinct from Spell Notifica- 

 tions) should specify the hour of the forecasts desired (or hours if more 

 than one telegram daily is required). They should be sent to the 

 Director, Meteorological Office, Air Ministry, London, W.C.2, and 

 should be accompanied by a cheque or postal order payable to the 

 Meteorological Committee to cover the cost of the telegrams for the 

 period during which the forecasts are to be sent. 



Further particulars and printed forms of application may be obtained 

 from the Director of the Meteorological Office. 



Applications by telegraph for single forecasts should be addressed 

 to " Weather, London," and the reply should be prepaid. 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease, — Since the issue of the Journal for last 

 month was sent to press outbreaks of Foot-and-Mouth Disease have 

 occurred in two fresh centres, namely : — 



At Frettenham, near Norwich, on 13th April, and 

 At Elmley, Isle of Sheppy, Kent, on 20th April. 

 The usual Order prohibiting the movement of animals over a wide 

 area round the outbreak was, in each case, issued the same day. The 

 action taken has so far been successful in preventing the spread of 

 disease (except in the Frettenham case to one other set of premises in 

 the same parish), and it has been possible to modify the restrictions on 

 the movement of animals very considerably in both areas. 



Rabies. — One fresh case of Rabies was confirmed on the 8th April, 

 at Colchester in one of the Inner Controlled Areas, but with that 

 exception no case of the disease has occurred in the country since 1 8th 

 February last. Since the issue of last month's Journal the extent of 

 the areas subject to muzzling and movement restrictions has been 

 reduced as follows : — 



North Essex and Suffolk : by the exclusion of those parts of 

 Suffolk previously subject to the Order and a considerable reduc- 

 tion of the area in Essex — on 19th April. 



Buckinghamshire and District : restrictions withdrawn except 

 from the Inner Controlled Area round Wallingford and Abingdon 

 — as from 19th April. 



South Wales : restrictions removed except from the two Inner 

 Controlled Areas round Cardiff and Bridgend by an Order dated 

 4th May, operating as from the 8th of this month. 



