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Catchment Area at Leeds. 



[JAN., 



of the disease. As soon as the official veterinary surgeon has 

 confirmed the existence of the disease, the infected yard is to 

 have a notice bearing the word " Fowl-cholera " exhibited at 

 the principal entrance, and the provisions as to burial and 

 isolation are to be strictly enforced. 



The removal from the premises of slaughtered birds during 

 the period of isolation is prohibited. 



Premises are considered to be no longer infected when either 

 all the birds are dead or eight days have elapsed since the last 

 case of disease. The premises have then to be disinfected : 

 dung, food remains, and dirt are to be burnt or buried with 

 quicklime ; floors, walls, doors, perches, food-troughs are to be 

 thoroughly cleansed with hot soda-water (6 lb. of com- 

 mercial washing soda to 20 gallons of water), and lime- 

 washed. If there is no flooring to poultry-sheds, the earth 

 must be removed to a depth of at least 4 in. and mixed 

 with quicklime. When disinfection has been carried out the 

 premises are declared free from disease by notice in the 

 official Press. 



With reference to the enquiry as to the Afforestation of 

 Catchment Areas, which was reported in this Journal (November, 

 1904, p. 468), it will be of interest to re- 



Afforestation of corc j t h e steps taken by the Corporation of 



a Catchment _ / f 



Area at Leeds, -^ eec is towards planting a portion of the 



area under their control, as was suggested 

 by the Departmental Committee on Forestry. 



The area selected is known as the Washburn Valley, and. it 

 was inspected and reported upon in 1905 by Professor W. R. 

 Fisher and Mr. S. Margerison, who have prepared a scheme of 

 work to continue for five or six years on the assumption that 

 the annual expenditure would be about £1,200. A woodman 

 has been engaged, work of a preliminary character has been 

 carried out at Swinsty Moor, and tree-planting has been com- 

 menced, about forty men, mostly engaged through the Un- 

 employed Bureau, being engaged on it. These men were 

 employed in burning the gorse, preparing the land, and digging 

 holes for planting. 



