1905.] 



Railway Rates for Foals. 



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made by Hartig* : — " It is an interesting biological point that 

 -the fungus grows, especially when the temperature is low, under 

 the snow or during the time it is melting, because under such 

 .circumstances the air is completely saturated with moisture. 

 The frequency of the disease at high elevations has led to the 

 general adoption of the practice of forming spruce nurseries at 

 low altitudes. It has also been found a good plan to look over 

 the nurseries immediately after the melting of the snow, and to 

 raise up all prostrated plants in order that they may be exposed 

 to the wind. It would also be a step in the right direction in 

 planting out trees to set them on hillocks and similar elevations, 

 and to avoid placing them in hollows and other depressions." 



It is important that diseased seedlings should be collected 

 and destroyed by burning, otherwise the numerous fruits and 

 sclerotia present on the leaves would prove a source of danger 

 in the future. 



The Board are informed that the railway companies which 

 are parties to the clearing system have, as from April 1st last, 

 reduced their charges for the carriage of 



Railway Rates for foals having the exclusive use of a 

 Foals. , , * 



horse-box. 



The rates at present in force are as follows : — 



1 foal having the exclusive use of a horse-box ... as for 1 horse. 



2 foals in one horse box as for 1^- horses. 



3 foals in one horse-box as for 2 horses. 



4 foals in one horse-box as for 2.} horses. 



above 4 foals in one horse-box as for 3 horses. 



Under these rates a foal is carried for the same fare as a 

 horse, instead of a fare and a-half as formerly. 



"Text-Book of Diseases of Trees." (Hartig and Somerville, Engl. Ed., p. 76.) 



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