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Importation Regulations. 



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the surface and picked up by birds. The autumn sown land to 

 be well harrowed and well rolled with the Cambridge roller in spring, 

 and a dressing of one or two cwt. of nitrate of 'soda applied per acre. 

 A leaflet on the subject can also be obtained from the Board free on 

 application. 



The Library of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries contains a 

 large number of books, including foreign periodicals and official 

 2. . publications, relating to all branches of agri- 



Library 01 the cu iture. These books may be consulted by 

 "7 students and other persons interested in Agri- 



Agriculture and cu lture at the Office of the Board, 8, Whitehall 

 Fisheries. Place, London, S.W., on any week-day 



between the hours of io a.m. and 5 p.m. (Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.). 

 Application should be made to the Publications Branch. 



Loan of Books. — In order to make the Library accessible to students 

 resident in the country, the Board are prepared to lend books where 

 they are satisfied that the privilege will be of value. Applications for 

 permission to borrow books must be made by letter or on the form 

 provided for the purpose. The applicant must undertake to return any 

 books lent in good condition, carriage paid, within fourteen days from 

 the date of issue. Not more than three books are lent at the same 

 time, and books must be returned at once if required. Pamphlets 

 must not be folded. Bulky works, and works which are in frequent 

 use for purposes of reference, are not lent. 



IMPORTATION REGULATIONS. 



Importation of Potatoes into Australia. — In connection with the 

 proclamation published in the Commonwealth Gazette for roth July last 

 and summarised in this Journal, November, 1909, p. 671, it should be 

 noted that the importation of potatoes into Australia is prohibited from 

 any country in which Potato Disease (Phytophthora infestans) exists. 



Quarantine of Cattle imported into the United States.— By a 

 regulation of the 28th September last the period of quarantine for cattle 

 imported from Great Britain, Ireland, and the Channel Islands is 

 shortened to thirty days from the date of arrival at the quarantine 

 station. The regulations which have thus been amended were sum- 

 marised in this Journal, September, 1907, p. 360. 



Disinfection of Hides imported into the United States.— Circular 

 No. 52 of the U.S. Treasury contains the regulations for the importation 

 of hides. Certificates of disinfection signed by the American consul 

 for the district from which the hides are shipped will be required upon 

 the entry of hides of neat cattle, except hard, sun-dried and arsenic- 

 cured hides, which will be considered as having been disinfected by the 

 process of curing. Hides which have not been sun-dried or arsenic- 

 cured must be disinfected. Disinfection may be done by immersion in 

 a 5 per cent, solution of carbolic acid, or a 1 to 1,000 solution of 

 bichloride of mercury, until the hides are thoroughly wet with the 

 disinfectant, or by sulphur dioxide, in which case a room must be 



