1908.] 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



619 



Japanese Fruit Scale in Argentina. — The Board have received, through the 

 Foreign Office, a copy of an Argentine law, dated 31st August, 1908, authorising the 

 payment of a reward of 50,000 dollars paper currency 

 Miscellaneous (,£4>3 2 7) to tne person who shall discover the most 

 Notes economical and efficacious procedure for destroying the 



scale insect Diaspis Pentagona. It is believed that this 

 pest was introduced into the Republic some four or five 

 years ago from Europe, and it has spread with astonishing rapidity. An account of 

 this insect, Anlacaspis {Diaspis) pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti), the Japanese Fruit 

 Scale, will be found in Newstead's Monograph of the British Coccidae, Vol. I, p, 173. 



Importation of Potatoes into Crete. — With reference to the note in this Jotirnal 

 (March, -1907), as to the importation of potatoes into Crete, the Board have now 

 received through the Foreign Office a copy of a law dated nth August, 1908, which 

 permits the importation of potatoes, coming from countries which have been officially 

 declared by their Governments to be free from phylloxera, when accompanied by a 

 certificate, duly legalised, from the local authority of the country of origin containing 

 a description of the consignment. Potatoes from other countries will be admitted 

 subject to disinfection at the port. The text of the law, which relates also to other 

 plants, may be seen at the Offices of the Board. 



Importation of Wool and Various Animal Products into Sweden. — The Board of 

 Agriculture are in receipt, through the Board of Trade, of information to the effect 

 that the importation of wool into Sweden from Great Britain can now be effected 

 subject only to the restrictions imposed by the Swedish Royal Ordinance ot 

 9th December, 1904, to prevent the introduction of epizootic disease. This is due to 

 the fact that Great Britain is now recognised by the Swedish Government to be free 

 from contagious foot and mouth disease. 



A Swedish Royal Ordinance, dated 6th August last, has also been received, con- 

 taining revised regulations prohibiting the importation, from countries and districts 

 declared infectedjwith contagious foot and mouth disease, of unmelted tallow and suet, 

 chaps, blood and fresh bone of ruminant animals and swine, farming or swine-pen 

 appliances already used, fodder, and litter of hay and straw. The importation from 

 such countries and districts of intestines, hair, bristles, wool, horns, hoofs, and 

 unprepared hides and skins of the animals referred to is permitted, subject to certain 

 specified conditions including disinfection on arrival. A translation of the Ordinance 

 may be inspected at the Offices of the Board. 



Pollution of Streams by Sheep-Dipping. — A suggestion has been made to the 

 Board that there is a possibility of some pollution to streams and ponds arising from 

 the improper disposal of the residue of the dipping material after sheep-dipping has 

 been done. Flockmasters should bear in mind that this residue is necessarily 

 injurious to animal life when a poisonous dip has been used, and should therefore 

 be careful to dispose of it, so as to avoid any possible pollution of streams, ponds, 

 or drinking places. 



Certification of Meat Products Exported to the United States. — With reference 

 to the notice which appeared on p. 140 of this Journal for May last, relative to the 

 official certification of meat-food products intended for export from the United 

 Kingdom to the United States and the Philippine Islands, the Board are informed 

 that the new system of certification is now in operation. 



It is understood that, in addition to obtaining the certificates prescribed by the 

 Memorandum of the Local Government Board, exporters of meat-food products to 

 the United States or the Philippine Islands are required to make, before a United 

 States Consular officer, a declaration to be attached to the invoice of the goods, as 

 provided by Regulation 33, of the "Rules and Regulations for the Enforcement of 

 the Food and Drugs Act." 



