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Return of Market Prices, [june, 1905.] 



in which the intervention of the Board is necessary, The present 

 Report gives an account of the work during the past year. 



The following leaflets have been issued since the previous 

 notice in the Journal (January, 1905), and single copies may be 

 obtained free of charge on application to the Secretary, Board of 

 Agriculture and Fisheries, 4, Whitehall Place, London, S.W. : — 

 The Hessian Fly (No. 125), Sheep Maggot Fly (No. 126), 

 Sclerotium Disease (No. 127), Winter Egg Production (No. 129), 

 Navel 111 of Lambs (No. 130), Apple and Pear Scab (No. 131), 

 Slugs and Snails (No. 132), Powdery Mildew of the Vine 

 (No. 133), Apple Culture (No. 134), Mange in Cattle (No. 135), 

 Bulb Mite (No. 136), Potato Scab (No. 137), Pine Weevils 

 (No. 138), Preparation of Honey for Market (No. 141). 



Arrangements will shortly be made for the issue of sets of 

 leaflets dealing with (1) Acts of Parliament, Co-operation and 

 Miscellaneous Subjects, (2) Farm Animals, 



VoTumes^f ^ Poultr ^ and Bees > ^ Farm and Garden 

 Leaflets. Crops, (5) Wild Animals, Birds, &c, (6) 

 Insects injurious to Crops other than Bush 

 and Orchard Fruit, (7) Insects injurious to Fruit Trees and 

 Bushes, and to Forest Trees, (8) Fungi injurious to Crops and 

 Fruit. These sets will be bound in paper covers, and may be had 

 on prepayment of one penny per set, post free. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have altered the day 



of the publication of their Weekly Return of Market Prices 



from Wednesday to Saturday. It is found 



Return of that the majority of the principal markets 

 Market Prices. . J / . • , 



in Great Britain — fifty-two in number — 



from which official returns of the prices of live stock and agri- 

 cultural commodities are now obtained, are held early in the 

 week, and the change of day will, consequently, tend to increase 

 the immediate value of the publication to farmers and others 

 interested. The Return for June 3rd is the first issued under 

 the new arrangement. 



