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Cultivation of Medicinal Plants. 



In normal times of peace there are no specified dates for the 

 assembly and inspection of horses. 



Farmers having horses for sale should apply to the Inspector- 

 General of Remounts, War Office, London, S.W., forwarding a 

 description of their horses. 



Forms to fill in the description of horses for sale and any other 

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 of Remounts. 



The Cultivation of Medicinal Plants. 



The Board of Agriculture lately received an inquiry from a 

 correspondent regarding the prospects of growing various 

 medicinal plants in this country as a profitable industry ; and 

 they have received the following information from the Secretary 

 of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, whom they 

 consulted on the subject : — 



There appears to be a consensus of opinion amongst experts 

 that the prospect of success in growing medicinal plants and 

 herbs in this country for the drug market is very slender. So 

 many considerations are involved, and apparently small points 

 often turn out to be actual essential factors. There are the 

 nature of the soil, the situation and aspect of the farm, the skill 

 and technical knowledge of the cultivator, nearness of markets, 

 price of labour, means of drying or preparing the collected crop, 

 and many other vital questions to be taken into account before 

 it can reasonably be decided whether a particular venture has 

 any hope of success. It must be borne in mind also that the 

 market for medicinal herbs and plants is a small one, and the 

 demand appears to be amply met by present growers, who, 

 even with the highest experience, often fail to avoid financial 

 loss in unfavourable seasons. The experience of cultivators 

 who have made considerable experiments in growing will readily 

 confirm this. 



Very little literature is published on the subject, as there 

 is a natural reluctance on the part of those expert growers who 



