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Recent Leaflets. 



[JAN., 



OFFICIAL NOTICES AND CIRCULARS. 



The Board have issued the following - circular letter, dated December 

 7th, 191 1, to Local Authorities in Great Britain under the Diseases 

 of Animals Acts, 1894 to 191 1 : — 

 Anthrax. Reports Sir,— I am directed by the Board of Agri- 



as to Samples culture and Fisheries to advert to their Circu- 

 sent for lar Lette - r ^ No< A £9£\ of September 24th> I9I0> 



Examination. C 



as to the Anthrax Order of 19 10, and to 



acquaint you, for the information of your Local Authority, that in 

 connection with the examination at the Board's Laboratory of samples 

 forwarded there in pursuance of Article 5 (4) of the Order, it is found 

 to be desirable that the reports as to such samples should also be sent 

 by the Veterinary Inspector, or Veterinary Surgeon employed by the 

 Local Authority, direct to the Laboratory, instead of to this office as 

 indicated in the footnote to the specimen form of Report in Appendix 

 III. to the Circular Letter above referred to. The Board would be 

 obliged, therefore, if your Local Authority would be so good as to 

 arrange accordingly. 



The reports should be addressed to— 



The Chief Veterinary Officer, 

 Laboratory of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 

 Alperton Lodge, 



Wembley, Middlesex. 

 The postage of communications addressed to the Laboratory must, 

 in order to comply with the Postal Regulations, be prepaid by the 

 sender. 



I am, &c, 



T. H. Elliott, 



Secretary. 



The Board have recently published the following new leaflets : — 

 No. 241, The Construction of Cow Houses; No. 251, Com- 

 mon Weeds — I. ; No. ^.54, The Composition 

 Recent of Seaweed and its Use as Manure ; No. 255, 



Leaflets. The Workmen's Compensation Act, 1906; 



No. 257, The International Agricultural In- 

 stitute : Its Objects and its Publications ; and No. 250, Swift Moths. 



New editions of the following leaflets have been issued, the informa- 

 tion in a number of them having been revised : — 



No. 7. — Autumn Catch Crops and Fodder 'Supply. 



No. 42. — The Short-Eared Owl. 



No. 50. — Water Wagtails, or " Dish-washers.'" 



No. 57. — External Parasites of Poultry. 



No. 80. — The Use of Artificial Manures. 



No. 105. — Wart Disease (Black Scab) of Potatoes. 



No. 143. — The Turnip Mud-Beetle. 



No. 177. — Precautions against Accidents caused by Farm Machinery. 

 — Information with regard to the prevention of boiler explosions has 

 now been included. 



