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Insurance of Live Stock. 



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value in regard to the latter plant as there is practically no 

 known fungicide which can be used on peach foliage without 

 risk of injurious results. The mixture is composed of 10 lb. 

 of flowers of sulphur and 15 lb. of fresh stone lime to 50 gallons 

 of water. The lime should be put in a 50-gallon tub and 2 to 

 3 gallons of boiling water poured over it ; the sulphur should 

 be immediately added and another pailful of hot water. The 

 heat from the slaking lime will cause the mixture to boil 

 violently for several minutes. Some stirring is necessary 

 and more water should be added if it gets too thick to stir. 

 A piece of sacking may be thrown over the tub to keep in the 

 heat. " The boiling will continue for 20 to 30 minutes, and 

 when it ceases cold water should be added to make up the 

 mixture to 50 gallons, the whole being thoroughly stirred and 

 then strained through a sieve. All the sulphur should be care- 

 fully worked through the meshes. 



This wash gave very satisfactory results against brown rot 

 of the peach, peach scab and bitter rot of apple without injuring 

 the foliage, and it also appeared to prevent some other diseases. 

 It is also suggested that it would, at the same time, have 

 considerable value as an insecticide, and that it could be used 

 to replace Bordeaux mixture as a preventive of apple scab 

 where injury to the fruit or foliage was to be feared. 



An article was published in this Journal in April last, in 

 which information was given as to the systems for the insurance 

 of live stock which prevailed in Holland, 



Insurance of Live Belgium, France, Switzerland, Germany 



Stock in Denmark and Sweden, and the Board have now 

 and Norway. received, through the Foreign Office, in- 

 formation as to the methods adopted in 

 Denmark and Norway. 



Denmark. — As regards Denmark, Mr. Consul Funch reports 

 that generally speaking insurance is not so highly developed 

 in Denmark as in some other European countries, though it 

 has existed, especially as regards horses, since the year 1100. 

 At present there are about 1,400 small mutual associations, 

 one in each parish, for the insurance of horses, in which the 

 losses are distributed among all the members in proportion to 

 the amounts for which they are insured. The administration 



