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for food in the United States in the six years, 1901-7, which indicates a con- 

 sumption/)!" between 5*41 and 5*55 bushels, or about 5! bushels per head. 



Agricultural Machinery in Rownania. — The British Vice-Consul at Galatz reports 

 that the use of agricultural machinery is steadily extending, and the importation of 

 such articles is increasing at Galatz. American manufacturers are putting a large 

 number of machines, especially reapers, on the market. {Board of Trade Journal, 

 30th April, iqg8.) 



Agricultural Machinery in Spain. — H.M. Consul at Cadiz (Mr. A. L. Keyser) 

 reports that the progress in Spain of modern methods in agriculture during the 

 last |ten years has been marked, more especially in the neighbourhood of large 

 towns such as Seville, where stocks of machinery are kept and can thus be brought to 

 the notice of small farmers. 



Though the " trade " is well aware of the opening presented in matters agricul- 

 tural in Spain, they are met by the difficulty that there are comparatively few 

 people who farm on a large scale and are able to afford the outlay necessary to stock 

 a farm with modern appliances. The cost of a threshing set, for instance, is ^700 

 to ^800. As few farmers can meet such an expense, the majority adhere to the system 

 which has, from time immemorial, sufficed. It has also to be remembered that the 

 bad condition of the roads, and in many districts their total absence, is a serious 

 obstacle to the introduction of agricultural machinery. {Board of Trade Journal, 

 7th May, 1908.) 



OFFICIAL CIRCULARS AND NOTICES. 



The Board have issued the following circular, dated 

 16th May, 1908, to Local Authorities in Great Britain under 

 the Diseases of Animals Acts : — 

 Circular as to sir, 

 Glanders or Farcy. 1 am directed by the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries to advert to their circular letter ^ A ^~ ) of the 



26th August, 1907, forwarding to you a copy of the Glanders or Farcy Order of 1907, 

 which came into operation on the 1st of January, 1908, and I am to say thit the 

 Board are anxious to obtain information as to the action taken in each case of 

 Glanders, with a view to enable them to ascertain the general effect of the Order as 

 well as to compare the procedure adopted and the measures taken by Local Authorities 

 for its enforcement. 



It would be of value to the Board in this connection if, in respect of each outbreak 

 of Glanders in the district of your Local Authority, a statement could be furnished 

 giving particulars as to the number of clinical cases, the number of horses tested, the 

 number of definite reactors to the first and second tests, the number of horses 

 slaughtered or which have died, and also a description of the lesions found. It would 

 be convenient if this information could be furnished on a form similar to that printed 

 overleaf.* 



The Board would be obliged if your Local Authority would arrange to supply 

 them with this information as regards each outbreak that has occurred in their district 

 since the commencement of the current year, and also as regards future outbreaks. 

 The statement should be furnished on a separate form for each outbreak as soon as all 

 the tests have been completed and the results are known, or in prolonged cases within 

 a month of the first notification of the disease. ~ 



I am, &c. , 



T. II. Elliott, 



Secretary. 



Not printed. 



