1905.] Recent Publications of the Board. 441 



Reference is made to the honorary agricultural correspondents 

 who have been appointed with a view of bringing the Board into 

 closer relationship with agriculturists. The appointment of 

 these correspondents, it is pointed out, has been of considerable 

 value to the Board, inasmuch as it has enabled them to acquire 

 information on many matters of importance to agriculturists, 

 and in some instances to take action for the redress of their 

 grievances. Perhaps the machinery thus created for the benefit 

 of the agricultural class has not so far been fully taken advan- 

 tage of by those for whom it was chiefly intended, but it is to 

 be expected that, as time goes on, this important body of 

 correspondents will become more and more a vital force in the 

 agricultural progress of the country. 



The Report concludes with an account of the efforts made by 

 the Board to bring such information as is likely to be of value to 

 the notice of farmers by means of this Journal, as well as by a 

 wide circulation of leaflets, of which no less than 1,342,000 were 

 distributed in 1904. 



During the course of the summer of 1904 arrangements were 

 made for the publication of the first hundred of the Board's 

 leaflets, bound in stiff boards, in a single volume, at 6d. a copy 

 net, no charge being made for postage. Two editions of 1,500 

 and one of 2,000 were rapidly exhausted, and a fourth edition 

 was in preparation at the end of the year. The sale of these 

 volumes implies a further distribution of 500,000 leaflets, 

 bringing the total issue for the year up to 1,842,000. 



The Veterinary Officers of the Board, with the view of assisting 



Inspectors as well as stock-owners in Great Britain to detect 



diseases of animals, have prepared a descrip- 



,,? e ^? nt „ tion of the symptoms of cattle -plague, 

 Publications of r ^ , X- 



the Board. pleuropneumonia, foot-and-mouth disease, 



sheep-pox, sheep-scab, swine-fever, glanders 



(including farcy), rabies, anthrax, epizootic lymphangitis, and 



mange. 



This pamphlet has been printed for distribution, and persons 

 interested can obtain a copy on application to the Secretary, 

 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 4, Whitehall Place, S.W. 



