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Miscellaneous Notes. 



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In the Exportation of Horses Order of 1910 (No. 2), the Board 

 have provided for the exemption from such veterinary examination of 

 (a) any horse, ass, or mule shipped to any port which is not in 

 Europe, and (b) any horse, ass, or mule intended for breeding, racing, 

 or exhibition, or as to which the Board are satisfied, regard being had 

 to its value and the purpose for which it is exported, that a veterinary 

 examination is unnecessary. A permit from the Board will, however, 

 be required in respect of every exempted horse, ass, or mule referred 

 to in (b) above, before its shipment can take place. The Order also 

 provides for the payment of a fee of 2s. 6d. for each animal examined 

 by a veterinary inspector. 



The Order above referred to revokes the existing- Exportation of 

 Horses Order of 1910, under which the examination of decrepit horses 

 exported to Belgium or the Netherlands is made by a Veterinary 

 Inspector of the Local Authority of the port from which such animals 

 are shipped. 



Footh-and-Mouth Disease in Yorkshire. — All the general restrictions 

 which were imposed by the Board on the movement of animals in 

 connection with the outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Yorkshire 

 were withdrawn on August 29th last. 



Importation of Cattle into Australia. — The Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries have been informed by the High Commissioner of the 

 Commonwealth of Australia that the prohibition against the importa- 

 tion into that country from Great Britain of cattle, sheep, goats, and 

 pigs which was rendered necessary by reason of the outbreak of 

 foot-and-mouth disease in Yorkshire in July last, has been removed. 



Agricultural Machinery in India. — An account is given in the Indian 

 Trade Journal of July 28th, 1910, of the use of agricultural machinery 

 in the Central Provinces of India. In the 

 Demand for cotton belt there is a demand for iron 



Agricultural ploughs, which should be strong, simple in 



Machinery Abroad. construction, and at least 10 stones in weight, 

 and spare parts of such ploughs should always be available and easily 

 adjustable. The ploughs supplied by the Central Provinces Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture cost 40 rupees. Openings also exist for hand- 

 gins, fodder cutters, reaping machines, winnowers, and other imple- 

 ments. To meet the requirements of the average cultivator, the initial 

 cost of all implements and machines should be as low as possible, and 

 the article should be capable of being easily and cheaply repaired; the 

 implement must not be complicated or easily broken. Any firm wish- 

 ing to stimulate the sale of agricultural machinery in the Central 

 Provinces should, after consulting the local administration, establish 

 an implement depot in the district in which the demand exists for the 

 article to be supplied. A supply of spare parts should be kept in 

 stock, and provision made for the execution of repairs. 



Further information as to the Central Provinces appeared in the 

 Indian Trade Journal of August 25th. 



Agricultural Machinery in Poland. — A report on the trade of Poland, 

 which is about to be issued as a Foreign Office Report, states 

 that the year 1909, as regards crops, was a very favourable one for 



