504 



Produce of Hops. 



[NOV. 



The Weed Persicaria. — The Board have received specimens of Polygomim 

 Persicaria, a branched annual weed, which grows erect, and attains a height of 

 six inches up to one-and-a-half feet. The stems are usually swollen at the nodes or 

 joints, and the ovate or lanceolate leaves often bear a black blotch, while the flowers 

 are borne in clusters. This weed favours damp soils, and, while it must be 

 vigorously attacked with the hoe to prevent seeding, draining may frequently prove 

 useful. 



American Gooseberry Mildew in Derbyshire and Cambridgeshire. — The Board have 

 made two Orders with a view to the extirpation of gooseberry mildew. One Order 

 applies to the administrative counties of Derby, Leicester and Nottingham, and the 

 county boroughs of Derby, Leicester and Nottingham ; the other Order applies to the 

 administrative counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon, and the borough ot Cambridge. 

 Both Orders are similar in form to the Order applying to Warwickshire (See 

 Journal, September, 1907, p. 371, and August, 1907, p. 300). 



Pure-Bred Stock for Roumania. — The Curierul Financier of 30th September 

 (13th October) states that the " Ministere des Domaines " of Roumania intends shortly 

 to send abroad a special commission to purchase pure-bred stock to the amount of 

 500,000 frs. The prices to be paid are : for bullocks, 600 frs. ; for colts, from 600 to 

 700 frs. ; for cows, from 700 to 900 frs. ; for he-goats, 100 frs. ; and for she-goats, 

 from 80 to 100 frs. {Board of Trade Journal, 24th October, 1907). 



Use of Sulphuric Acid as a Fungicide. — A safe and useful fungicide, which is used 

 with satisfactory results at the Royal Gardens, Kew, is a solution of sulphuric acid 

 in the proportion of 1 to 1,000, or 1 lb. to 100 gallons. This does not injure the 

 plant, and completely destroys mildew and similar fungi. No harm will be done to 

 pumps, &c, if a small amount of clear water is pumped through the apparatus at the 

 conclusion of spraying. This should be done, whatever solution is used, as the 

 apparatus is then left in a clean condition. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have issued the following preliminary 

 statement showing the estimated production of hops in the years 1907 and 1906, 

 with the acreage and estimated average yield per statute 

 Produce Of HOPS. acre in each county of England in which hops were 



grown : — 



Counties, &c. 



Estimated Total 

 Produce. 



Acreage Returned 

 on 4th June. 



Estimated 

 Average Vield 

 per Acre. 





1907. 



1906. 



1907. 



1906. 



1907. 



1906. 



f East 

 | Mid 

 Kent \ Weald 

 1 



Cwts. 

 62,035 

 66,117 

 93,7o8 



Cwts. 

 46,236 

 50,152 

 70,243 



Acres. 

 8,996 

 9,647 

 9,526 



Acres. 

 9,863 

 9,849 

 9,584 



Cwts. 

 6*90 

 6-85 

 9 -84 



Cwts. 

 4-69 

 5^9 

 7 S3 



L Total, Kent 



Hants 



Hereford 

 Salop 

 Surrey 

 Sussex 



Worcester ... 

 Other Countries* ... 



221,860 

 17,865 

 58,268 

 910 

 7,089 



39,679 

 28,216 

 242 



166,631 

 10,263 



24,953 

 442 



3,399 

 22,070 



17,893 

 37 



28,169 

 1,842 



6,143 

 129 



744 

 4,243 

 3,622 

 46 



29,296 



i,939 

 6,481 

 127 

 777 

 4,379 

 3,672 



5i 



7 -88 

 970 

 9-48 

 7-o5 

 9'53 

 9-35 

 779 



S'69 

 5 '29 

 3'85 

 3H8 

 4'37 

 5 '04 

 4-87 

 072 



Total 



374,129 



245,688 



44,938 



46,722 



8-33 



5-26 



* Gloucester and Suffolk. 



