1907.] American Gooseberry Mildew. 



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The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries propose, at the 

 expiration of forty days from the 8th August, 1907, to make 

 the following rule under the Fertilisers 

 Regulation under the and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906, to come 

 Fertilisers and Feeding into operation on 1st January, 1908 : — 

 Stuffs Act. Regulation as to the Analyst to whom 



Samples are to be sent. — Where under the 

 Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1906, any person desires that a 

 •sample shall be analysed by the agricultural analyst, the sample, 

 •or parts of the sample, as the case may be, shall be sent to such 

 agricultural analyst as is hereby prescribed, that is to say : — 



(1) If the sample is taken in a county, or in a county borough 

 or a burgh of which the council have appointed or concurred 

 in appointing an agricultural analyst, then to the analyst 

 appointed for the county or borough or burgh ; 



(2) If the sample is taken in a county borough of which the 

 council have not appointed or concurred in appointing an 

 agricultural analyst, then to the analyst appointed for the 

 county in which for the purposes of the Local Government 

 Act, 1888, the borough is deemed to be situated ; and 



(3) If the sample is taken in a burgh of which the council 

 have not appointed or concurred in appointing an agricultural 

 analyst, then to the analyst appointed for the county within 

 which the burgh is situated or with which it has the longest 

 common boundary. 



In view of the occurrence of two cases of American Goose- 

 berry Mildew (Sfthcerotheca mors-uvce) in Warwickshire, the 

 Board have passed an Order under the 

 American Gooseberry Destructive Insects and Pests Acts, 1877 

 Mildew in and 1907, to come into operation on 

 Warwickshire. the 16th September, 1907, prescribing 

 measures for dealing with this disease in 

 Warwickshire. This Order is very similar in form to the 

 Orders already in force (see Journal, August, 1907, p. 300), but 

 provides for the immediate spraying, prior to destruction, 

 of all diseased bushes which have not shed their leaves, and of 

 all bushes in contact with diseased bushes, with a solution of 

 liver of sulphur, containing not less than 1 oz„ of liver of sulphur 

 to two gallons of water, or with some other approved fungicide. 



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