" Frost-proof " Potatoes. 



The disease is very contagious, and will linger on the wood- 

 work of stalls, rubbing posts, &c, for many months. These 

 should, therefore, be cleansed by a weak solution of carbolic acid, 

 -or by whitewash, or some other disinfecting agent. 



Reduced Railway Rates for Carriage of Rams. 



In consequence of representations addressed to them by the 

 National Sheepbreeders' Association with regard to the heavy 

 charges made by railway companies for the carriage of rams by 

 passenger train, the Board of Agriculture requested the Board 

 of Trade to call the attention of the railway companies to the 

 disproportion between these charges and the rates for ewes and 

 wethers similarly conveyed, and to suggest that the matter was 

 one which required revision. 



As a result of the negotiations w r ith the railway companies, 

 the Board of Agriculture are pleased to be able to announce that 

 the railway superintendents in conference have agreed that rams 

 sent singly, loose, or in crates, by passenger trains, shall now be 

 charged as follows : — 



For the first 50 miles ... i-Jd. per mile (minimum, 2s. 6d.). 



For the next 50 miles ... id. per mile. 

 For the remainder of distance Jd. per mile. 



Fractions of a penny to be reckoned as a penny in ultimate 

 calculation. 



These reduced rates came into operation on September 1st, 



1903. 



" Frost-proof " Potatoes. 



The Board of Agriculture have received applications for 

 information concerning a" frost-proof" potato recently intro- 

 duced into France. The Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, 

 has informed the Board that the plant in question is Solatium 

 Commcrsonii, Dun., a native of Uruguay, Paraguay, and Entre 



