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Horticultural Exhibition in Holland.— -The Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries are informed, through the Foreign Office, that a Horticultural 

 Exhibition will be held at Zeist, Holland, from 

 Agricultural August 25th to September 16th, 1909. It is 

 Exhibitions Abroad, stated that the Exhibition will be on a large 

 scale, and that both State and Provincial sub- 

 sidies will be granted to it. The Central Committee invite the partici- 

 pation of foreign countries, both as regards exhibits and visitors, with 

 a view to extending commercial relations. 



Agricultural Exhibition at Prague. — The Central Agricultural 

 Society of Bohemia is organising an Exhibition at Prague from May 

 29th to June 6th, 1909. It will include machinery, live stock, poultry, 

 fertilisers, dairying, and all other branches of agriculture, and it is 

 stated that it will form the largest live stock and machinery market 

 in Austria-Hungary. Communications should be addressed to La 

 Soei£te centrale d 'Agriculture, Vodickova ul. 38, Prague, Bohemia. 

 A copy of the Programme can be seen at the offices of the Board of 

 Agriculture, 8 Whitehall Place, S.W. 



During the month of March the weather was of a wintry and severe 

 nature. During the first week the temperature was much below the 



average, the deficiency being as much as ten 

 Notes on the Weather degrees in some districts. The thermometer 

 and Crops during fcU to zero at Marlborough, and even colder 

 March records were obtained on the grass in 



other places. Rainfall was, as a rule, 

 "heavy" or "very heavy," and sunshine was "scanty" or 

 " moderate." There were no day-degrees above 42 0 for the whole week. 

 The second week continued to be cold, and falls of snow occurred in 

 many places. Warmth was " deficient " everywhere, except in England. 

 E. and Scotland W. Sunshine was " scanty " or " very scanty " 

 throughout Great Britain. Rainfall exceeded the average in England 

 N.E. and Scotland E., but elsewhere it was " moderate " or " light." 

 There were no accumulated day-degrees above 42 0 in the Eastern 

 Section of Great Britain, and only one in the Western. In the third 

 week the weather improved in some places. Warmth was "deficient " 

 everywhere except in England E., which, however, was the only 

 district with more than the normal rainfall. Sunshine was much 

 above the average in the West, but in the East it varied little from 

 the average. The fourth week was very unsettled, with rainfall 

 "heavy" in all districts except Scotland W., and "very heavy" in 

 England S.W. Sunshine was " scanty " everywhere, except in 

 England S;W. and N.W., where it was moderate. 



Reports from correspondents in Berkshire show a very backward 

 season. One states : " Sowing absolutely behindhand. Many farmers 

 have not sown a handful, and March ends with the land wet and 

 sticky. The rosy state of things in January and February has now 

 disappeared, and cultivators are anxious to commence seeding, as the 

 season is now far advanced. Grasses do not appear to have suffered 

 from the long spell of cold, and grass has already commenced to spring. 

 Gardens are very bare of green stuff, and must be so for some time 

 ahead. Last year's crop of wheat is practically threshed out; the grow- 



