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Miscellaneous Notes. 



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at the Provincial Disinfecting Station in Vancouver, to be inspected, 

 and if they are infested with any insect pest or fungus disease, to be 

 disinfected or destroyed. 



Nursery stock imported into Nova Scotia must be passed by the 

 Inspector under the " San Jose Scale Act," 61 Vic. cap. 24, of March 

 nth, 1898, of Nova Scotia, and if found to be infested with the scale 

 will be destroyed. 



Importation of Plants and Potatoes into Natal. — Government Notice 

 No. 289 of 1910, dated May 19th (Natal Government Gazette, May 24th, 

 1910), contains additional regulations for the entry of plants into Natal 

 otherwise than through the post, and special conditions to be observed 

 in the importation of potatoes. The regulations provide for the payment 

 of fees for examination and fumigation. 



Importation of Live Stock into France. — The Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries desire to give publicity to the fact that under new regu- 

 lations which have been made by the French Government respecting 

 the importation of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs from the 

 United Kingdom into France, the certificate of the Board as to the 

 freedom of the locality from contagious disease has been substituted for 

 the certificate of the Local Authority. Intending exporters of live stock 

 to France should therefore make application to the Board for forms of 

 application for certificates and for instructions as to the information 

 required before the certificate can be issued. 



Importation of Cattle into Argentina. — The Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries have received telegraphic information from Buenos Aires 

 confirming the publication of the Argentine Decree prohibiting the 

 importation of cattle from England, in consequence of the recent out- 

 break of foot-and-mouth disease in Yorkshire. This restriction does 

 not apply to Scotland or Ireland, and certificates can therefore be issued 

 in respect of cattle, sheep, or swine, which have been in either country 

 since July 20th last, if shipped direct from a Scotch or Irish port. 



Agricultural Machinery in Russia. — The Board of Trade Journal 



(August 4th, 1910) contains extracts from Consular Reports, dealing 



_ _ _ . . . with the agricultural machinery industry. Par- 

 Demand for Agricul- .. < . c . . * . - , . 

 i. i tut x.' ticulars are given of the amount of machinery 

 tural Machinery . , , . ° „ . , . . . J 

 Abroad imported into Russia from various countries 



and statistics of the home production. The 



number of factories is stated to be 340, and the output in 1908 was valued 



at ^3,500,000. There was a development in the agricultural machinery 



business, both as regards imports and home manufactures during 1909. 



The Board of Trade Journal for August nth contains information as to 



the terms of payment which prevail, in which it is pointed out that 



German manufacturers hn.ve a great advantage over British firms in the 



agricultural machinery market on account of the ease with which the 



former can obtain the use of money, German banks offering greater 



facilities in discounting bills. This enables the German dealer to offer 



more acceptable terms, and he thus gets a better price for his machine 



than does his British rival. To do this kind of business with success 



the manufacturer must be in close touch with his customers, far closer 



than the British manufacturer usually is with his. 



It is generally acknowledged that the British steam threshing 



