1907.] 



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quarantine for 90 days from the time of being bitten, and then released as safe, to 

 develop symptoms later, and in one case to do a great deal of mischief before being 

 killed. One horse, bitten on nth December, developed symptoms of rabies, and was 

 killed on 5th March ; while in a dog bitten at the same time, the symptoms did not 

 appear until 21st April, four months and ten days after the animal was bitten. The 

 Chief of the Cattle Bureau observes that where a dog is bitten by another dog known 

 to have rabies, it is erring on the side of safety to have it immediately killed, and this 

 is the wisest course to pursue to protect the health of the community. {Report of the 

 Cattle Bureau, Massachusetts, 8th January, 1907.) 



Home Office Order as to Persons engaged in Fruit Preserving. — The provisions of 

 the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, as to period of employment, times for meals, 

 and holidays do not apply to young persons and women engaged in the process of 

 cleaning and preparing fruit so far as is necessary to prevent the spoiling of the fruit 

 immediately on its arrival at a factory or workshop during the months of June, July, 

 August and September ; but this exception is subject to such conditions as the Home 

 Secretary may by special Order prescribe. In pursuance of these powers a new 

 Order (Statutory Rules and Orders, 1907. No. 728), dated nth September, 1907, 

 has been issued repealing an earlier Order dated 17th June, 1902. This Order 

 reproduces, with some amendments, the provisions of the repealed Order, and adds 

 fresh provisions for the supply of suitable sanitary accommodation for the use of 

 persons employed in cleaning or preparing fruit. The Order also enacts that no 

 woman or young person shall be employed in pursuance of the special exception, 

 unless and until the occupier of the factory or workshop holds a certificate from the 

 Inspector of the district to the effect that provision has been made to his satisfaction 

 for compliance with the requirements of the Order as to sanitary and washing 

 accommodation, ventilation, temperature, and other such matters. 



Profit-sharing on a Farm in Germajiy. — An interesting example of a form of 

 profit-sharing which was in operation for many years on a farm in Germany is given 

 in Fiihlings Land. Zeitung (1st April, 1907). The farm was valued at ,£4,000, and 

 the owner deducted in the first place from the net profit 5 per cent, on this sum for 

 interest. The remainder was divided into 100 parts, which were shared in the 

 following proportions : — Owner, 50 ; bailiff, 20 ; book-keeper, 10 ; cowman, wood- 

 man and brick-maker, 4 each ; head man, 2 ; and six labourers, 1 part each. 



According to the " Abstract of Labour Statistics of the United Kingdom," 1905-6,. 

 only one agricultural undertaking in which a profit-sharing scheme had been adopted 

 was known to exist in this country on 30th June, 1906. The number of persons 

 participating was 163. 



Use of Town Refuse for improving Poor Lan J . — Mr. Consul Buchmann, in his 

 Report to the Foreign Office on the Agriculture of Bavaria (Annual Series No. 3723), 

 mentions the use of town refuse from Munich as an artificial manure. The material 

 is sifted at the works by a mechanical system of drums, and most of it is turned to 

 account by chemical works on the spot, metal and glass being sold. The remainder 

 is used to fertilise a tract of moorland on which the works are situated. This now 

 produces an abundant crop of potatoes, rye, oats, beet, cabbage, radishes, cauliflowers 

 and cucumbers. It is noted that the crops on the older fields are of better quality and 

 quantity than those on the newly manured ground. 



Sheep-Dipping Materials. — The Board of Trade Correspondent at Bloemfontein 

 (Mr. R. Dumaresq) reports that the Department of Agriculture of the Orange River 

 Colony, after carrying out careful experiments on the merits of the various sheep- 

 dipping materials, proprietary and otherwise, now before the public, has decided in 

 future to recommend strongly the use of a mixture made up in the following propor- 

 tions : — 5 lb. caustic soda 99 per cent., 20 lb. flowers of sulphur (Brandrams or equally 

 good), and 100 gallons of water. There would appear, he says, to be a likelihood of 

 a considerable demand for these materials, and manufacturers would do well to 

 communicate with the Secretary, Bloemfontein Chamber of Commerce, direct on the 

 matter. {Board of Trade Journal, 26th September, 1907.) 



