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Gooseberry Mildew Orders. 



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One of the correspondents of the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries writes, " Oats sown in March are not attacked, 

 those sown in April on land in first rate order came up well 

 but a great quantity are attacked." 



2. Where attack is feared, or noticed early, a stimulating 

 dressing should be applied. 



3. Badly infested plants cannot be saved and should be 

 ploughed in deeply. 



4. Flies found swarming in granaries, stores, &c, from 

 harvested corn should be destroyed. 



5. If a crop was known to be infested in the autumn and 

 winter, the planting of oats should be avoided as far as possible 

 in the next season near such an area. 



6. Should wild grasses be known to be affected these should 

 be destroyed in the winter. It is conceivable that in certain 

 circumstances advantage might be taken of the fondness 

 of the fly for oat by growing some as trap or catch plants in 

 September. These trap plants should be removed and burnt, 

 with the enclosed brood. 



R. Stewart MacDougall. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries by virtue of the 

 powers vested in them under the Destructive Insects and 

 Pests Acts, 1877 an d 1907, have issued 

 Gooseberry Mildew two orders with a view to the pre- 

 Orders. vention of gooseberry mildew, viz., the 



Gloucestershire and Worcestershire 

 (Gooseberry Mildew) Order of 1907, dated 12th July, 

 1907, and the Isle of Ely, Lincolnshire (parts of Holland) 

 and Norfolk (Gooseberry Mildew) Order of 1907, dated 

 22nd July. 



These orders require the occupier of any premises on which 

 there is a bush which is diseased or suspected of being diseased 

 forthwith to notify the fact to the Local Authority, and where 

 practicable a specimen showing the disea e is to accompany 

 the notice. r 



Failure to give notice^renders an occupier liable on con- 

 viction to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds. 



