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Experiments in Soil Inoculation. [sept., 



may be made to a previous article in this Journal* on the 

 transportation of wheat in Argentina. 



The actual railway rates in the province of Buenos Ayres 

 charged between some of the principal inland stations and the 

 ports of Rosario, Buenos Ayres, and Bahia Blanca, ranged 

 from 2|d. to 4|d. per bushel ; that is, roughly, from 7s. oxl. to 

 14s. 8d. per ton, while from certain places in the other provinces 

 the cost would be considerably greater. 



The Board are informed by H.M. Consul-General at Christiania 

 that in consequence of the unexpected deficiency of fodder in 



other than Sweden and Denmark. In cases where satisfactory 

 proof can be produced from the local veterinary or police 

 authorities, and attested by the Norwegian Consul at the port of 

 shipment, that the fodder comes from a district which for the 

 whole year last past has been free from infectious cattle 

 diseases, such as pleuro-pneumonia, foot-and-mouth, anthrax, 

 and the like, the Department of Agriculture are prepared to 

 consider applications for permission to land single cargoes of 

 fodder. Hay must be carried direct to Norway from the port 

 of shipment, and applications for leave to import must in each 

 case be made in advance. 



A few years ago much interest was excited in this and other 

 countries by the announcement that the scientific discoveries of 

 Hellriegel and Wilfarth had received com- 



for artificial inoculation. The specific cultures placed upon the 

 market were largely tested practically and experimentally, but 

 the results were such as to convince even the patentees, 

 Nobbe and Hiltner, that the problem which promised so much 

 for agriculture had not been satisfactorily solved. Since that 



Importation of 

 Fodder into 

 Norway. 



the coming season in Norway, the Agri- 

 cultural Department has decided to partly 

 relax the restrictions on the importation of 

 straw, hay, &c, to Norway, from countries 



* Vol. II., March, 1896, p. 413 ; Vol. X., June, 1903, p. 91. 



