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Miscellaneous Notes. 



[march, 



17. Models and plans of stables, stalls, sheepfolds, &c. 



18. Enclosures and cattle sheds. 



The programme of the Exhibition, together with forms of 

 application, can be seen at the offices of the Board. All entries 

 must be made before the 30th April. 



The Government of Crete recently made an order directing 

 that all potatoes imported into Crete from Europe should be 

 subject to disinfection in order to prevent 



^'^^Potaioes ^^'^ introduction of phylloxera into the 

 into Crete. island. At the suggestion of the Board 

 of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Foreign 

 Office instructed the Consul-General to represent to the Cretan 

 authorities that inasmuch as phylloxera does not exist in the 

 United Kingdom, there was no necessity for the application of 

 these regulations in the case of potatoes or other agricultural 

 produce brought from Great Britain. The Board are now 

 informed that in consequence of these representations, orders 

 will be given for the admission of potatoes exported from Great 

 Britain without their being subjected to any process of disinfec- 

 tion on condition that each consignment is accompanied by a 

 declaration from the local authorities of the place of origin of 

 the non-existence of phylloxera. 



Exhibition of Baking Industry at Buda PestJi. — The Austro- 



Hungarian Ambassador has informed the Board through the 



Foreign Office that the National Associa- 

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Notes Hungarian Bakers are arrangmg an 



International Exhibition of the baking in- 

 dustry on a large scale at Buda Pesth from May 15th to June 

 30th next, in which the participation of English representatives 

 of the business is invited. 



Lectures to Farmers in Canada. — The plan of using special 

 trains from which lectures are given to farmers on suitable 

 subjects has been successfully adopted in Iowa and other 

 American States, and more recently in Canada. The Ministry 

 of Agriculture organized a tour of this description, and some 

 206 meetings were held in about two months, from three to five 

 meetings being held each day. The average attendance was 140. 



