456 Miscellaneous Notes. [sept., 



Midland Counties. — In Cheshire Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire 

 some time was lost by day labourers at the end of August, when wet weather 

 interrupted the corn harvest ; the supply of this .class of labour was generally equal 

 to the demand. Potato lifting and the corn harvest caused a fairly good demand for 

 extra labourers in Staffordshire, but in most districts the supply was more than 

 sufficient. There was generally regular employment in Shropshire after the corn 

 harvest had begun. In Worcestershire there was a fairly constant demand for labour 

 on account of fruit picking and the corn harvest, but the supply was ample. A 

 demand for carters and cowmen was reported from the Pershore union. The supply 

 of labour for the corn harvest was more than sufficient for the demand in Warwick- 

 shire. Turnip hoeing and the corn harvest generally afforded full and regular 

 employment in Northamptonshire. Day labourers were in excess of the demand in 

 Oxfordshire, and rain at the end of the month caused some irregularity of employment 

 for this class of labour. The supply of and demand for labour were generally about 

 equal in Buckinghamshire, but rain caused some interruption to men at harvest work. 

 Employment was reported as regular in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, with the 

 supply of labour generally about equal to the demand ; in the Buntingford Union, 

 in Hertfordshire, however, some scarcity of extra labour was reported. 



Eastern Counties. — Wet weather somewhat interrupted harvest work at the end 

 of the month in Huntingdonshire and Camb; idgeshire, where, otherwise, there was 

 regularity of employment, the supply of and demand for labour being about equal. 

 Similar reports come from Lincolnshire. Turnip hoeing at the beginning of the 

 month, and afterwards the corn harvest, generally provided regular employment in 

 Norfolk. There was also fairly regular employment in Suffolk and Essex, rain, 

 however, causing some interruption to harvest work at the end of the month. In 

 each of the three last-named counties there was an ample supply of extra labour. 



Southern and South- Western Counties. — Correspondents in Kent report that the 

 supply of day labourers was generally in excess of the demand, and that a number of 

 men were unable to get regular work, particularly during the wet weather towards 

 the end of the month. Hoeing and harvesting provided fairly regular employment in 

 Surrey, where the supply of and demand for labour were about equal. Rain 

 interrupted the employment of day labourers in Sussex during the last week of the 

 month. In this county and in LJampshire, where some interruption of work from 

 rain was also reported, the supply of labour was generally about equal to the demand. 

 Similar reports come from Berkshire and Wiltshire. Correspondents in Dorsetshire 

 state that the backward condition of the root crops somewhat affected the demand for 

 day labourers, but this improved when the corn harvest began ; there was, however, an 

 ample supply of such labour. Employment was fairly regular in Somerset, with a 

 sufficient supply of labour. Wet weather caused some interruption to the employ- 

 ment of day labourers in Herefordshire, and there was not much demand for extra 

 labour. Employment was generally regular in Gloucestershire, but there was some 

 excess of day labourers, and rain interrupted the employment of this class of labour 

 at the end of the month. Hoeing and the corn harvest generally provided full 

 employment in Devonshire and Cornwall. 



Bee Pest Prevention {Lreland) Act, 1908. — This Act, which applies only to 

 Ireland, requires bee-keepers to notify the existence of bee pest or foul brood to the 

 local authority. The Department of Agriculture, or the 

 Miscellaneous local authority, may cause the destruction of infected bees 

 Notes. or appliances, and compensation may be paid according to 



a . 3 cale prescribed by the department not exceeding one- 

 half the value. The department may declare any area infected and make regulations 

 for the carrying out of the Act. 



Laws as to Injurious Lnsects and Eoul Brood in the United Slates. — The Board 

 have received, through the Foreign Office, a copy of Bulletin No. 61, published by 

 the Bureau of Entomology of the United States Department of Agriculture, which 



