1.908.] 



Market Prices, 



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of the blood of suspected sheep, or the tissues from the carcases, which may be 

 referred to them by the Veterinary Inspectors of your Local Authority. 



The Board would be glad to be informed whether your Local Authority can see 

 their way to adopt this suggestion. 



I am, &c, 



T. H. Elliott, 



Secretary. 



In consequence of the discovery of American Gooseberry Mildew in Kent, the 

 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have made an Order which came into operation 

 on the 1 8th of July, 1908, and applied to the County 

 The American GOOSe- of Kent, the county borough of Canterbury, and the 

 berry Mildew (Kent) boroughs of Gillingham and Maidstone. The Order 

 Order Of 1908. follows the lines of the Orders applied to other counties 

 where American Gooseberry Mildew has appeared, of 

 which a summary was given in this Journal, January, 1908, p. 624. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries desire to draw the attention of gooseberry 

 growers to the fact that American Gooseberry Mildew is now appearing in many 

 fresh districts in Kent. Growers are urged to keep their 

 American Gooseberry ^ usnes under close observation, as the discovery of the 

 • T ~ . disease in its early stages avoids much trouble and 



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expense. In a number or cases it has appeared round 

 packing sheds and places where returned empty boxes 

 and baskets have been unloaded or have lain for a time. Such places should be kept, 

 constantly under observation, and rank-growing and succulent shoots in such situations 

 should be examined. The disease appears first as a white growth on the stem, after- 

 wards changing to brown, while the under-surfaces of the leaves appear as if dusted 

 with flour. Such leaves will often curl up and show the white under-surfaces. All 

 cases of disease in Kent should be at once reported to the Clerk of the County Council 

 for Kent, Maidstone, or to the Secretary to the Board of Agriculture, 4, Whitehall 

 Place, London, S.W. As a precaution against the disease, the gooseberry bushes 

 around packing sheds should be sprayed with a solution made by dissolving 1 pound ' 

 of liver of sulphur in 32 gallons, of water. If any signs of disease are discovered, the 

 diseased bushes, and bushes in contact with them, should at once be destroyed. 



REVIEW OF MARKET PRICES IN JULY. 

 A. T. Matthews. 



First Week.— The first full , market day at Islington fell on the 6th, the 

 Thursday's business having become so small that little account is now taken 

 of it. There were 760 fat cattle on offer against 960 the previous Monday 

 and 750 on the corresponding day last year. The average quality of the 

 animals was fair, some excellent grass-fed Herefords being on offer as well as 

 some very good Shorthorns. Amongst the latter, however, were many that 

 would have been all the better for another month's feeding and would 

 probably have paid the senders better if they had received it. The best 

 Herefords made yd. per lb., as did also the Shorthorns, but of the latter 

 there were comparatively few which made over 6%d. A large number did 



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