871 



of timothy, red clover, or alfalfa, or forty of them per ounce of alsike 

 seed, and not more than two hundred seeds of all kinds of weeds per 

 ounce of the seed. Grade No. 3 must mean that the seeds contain not 

 more than eighty seeds of noxious weeds per ounce of timothy, red 

 clover, or alfalfa, or one hundred and sixty of them per ounce of alsike 

 seed, and not more than four hundred seeds of all kinds of weeds per 

 ounce of the seed. The sale of seeds, for seeding purposes, of timothy, 

 alsike, red clover, or alfalfa containing a greater proportion of impuri- 

 ties than that specified for Grade No. 3 is prohibited. 



The sale, for seeding purposes, of seeds of cereals, flax, grasses, 

 clovers, forage plants, field roots, or garden vegetable crops, which are 

 not capable of germinating in the proportion of two-thirds of the per- 

 centage standard of vitality for good seed of the kind is prohibited 

 unless every package, &c, containing such seed, or a label securely 

 attached thereto is plainly and indelibly marked with the name of the 

 kind of seed, and the percentage of the seeds that are capable of 

 germination. 



The sale of "papered seeds," i.e., sealed packets of garden seeds, 

 including both vegetable and flower seeds, is prohibited unless the same 

 are marked with the year in which the packet was filled, and such 

 seeds must not be afterwards used to mix with any other seeds that 

 may be offered for sale for seeding. 



Budget of the French Ministry of Agriculture, 1911. — The amount 

 provided for Agriculture in the French Budget of 191 1 is ^2,151,247, 

 or ^164,900 more than in 1910. The main items are : — 



£ 



Salary of Minister and staff 47,040 



Grants in aid to farmers and subventions to agriculture 121,000 

 Bounties given for the cultivation of — 

 Silkworms ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 200,000 



Olives 80,000 



Hemp 91,000 



Indemnities for the destruction of diseased animals ... 64,000 



Stud farms 277,125 



Encouragement of horse breeding 53,040 



Preservation of forests, dunes, watercourses, and hill land 190,140 

 Employes in State forests, &c. ... ... ... ... 230,080 



The bounty of ^80,000 for the cultivation of olives is a new item 

 this year. (F.O. Repts., Annual Series, No. 4806.) 



Proposals for the Destruction of the Warble Fly in Germany.— 

 Various estimates have been made of the damage caused in Germany 

 by the Warble Fly, and the loss to tanners and butchers alone has been 

 placed at ^300,000 to ^400,000 per annum. In an article by 

 Dr. Karl Moller,* President of the German Union of Tanners, it is 

 stated that the general public suffers more than either the farmer, 

 tanner, or butcher, as, on account of the dearness of leather, damaged 

 pieces are not thrown away, but the defects are concealed for the time 

 being, to reappear after the boots, shoes, saddlery, &c, into which the 

 leather has been manufactured, have been subjected to a little wear. 



* Massregeln ztir Bekampfung der Dasselschaden {Mitteilungen der Dent. Landw. 

 Gesell., June 3rd, 191 1). 



