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neither will it kill fungus spores. All that a fungicide can 

 do is to form a film of some substance on healthy leaves, and 

 act as a poison to any germinating fungus spores that happen 

 to alight on the leaf. Success in this direction depends en- 

 tirely on the method in which spraying is conducted, the object 

 being to cover the entire surface of every plant with the 

 fungicide. To accomplish this object even approximately, 

 repeated sprayings are absolutely necessary. 



If the plants are young, half-strength Bordeaux mixture 

 may be employed. When flowers and young fruit are present, 

 a solution of liver of sulphur, 1 oz. in four gallons of water, 

 should be used. 



A Departmental Committee was appointed by the Presi- 

 dent of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries in March, 191 1, 

 to inquire into the position of tenant 

 Tenant Farmers and fa ™ers in England" and Wales on the 

 Changes in the occasion of any change in the ownership 

 Ownership of their G f their holdings, whether by reason of 

 Holdings. lhe de^h 0 f t h e landlord, the sale of 



land or otherwise, and to consider 

 whether any legislation on the subject is desirable. 



The members of the Committee were : — The Right Hon. 

 the Lord Haversham (Chairman) ; The Lord Clinton ; Lord 

 Ninian E. Crichton-Stuart, M.P.; Sir Frederick Cawley, 

 Bart., M.P.; Sir Charles D. Rose, Bart., M.P.; Sir Edward 

 H. Holden, Bart.; Mr. Colin Campbell, Chairman of the 

 National Farmers' Union; Mr. Ellis W. Davies, M.P.; Mr. 

 H. Trustram Eve, F.S.I., Secretary to the Farmers' Club; 

 Hr. Howard Frank, F.S.I. ; Mr. George Nicholls; Mr. Abel 

 H. Smith; Capt. A. G. Weigall, M.P.; and Mr. James 

 Parker, M.P. 



The Committee have now presented a Report [Cd. 6030, 

 price 4-Jd.], signed, subject to certain reservations in individual 

 cases, by all the members except Mr. Trustram Eve, who has 

 presented a separate Report. The Minutes of Evidence, Ap- 

 pendices and Index have been issued as a separate publication. 

 [Cd. 6031, price 25.] 



Estates on the Market. — The Committee state that there is 

 no doubt that an abnormal number of estates are being broken 

 up and sold at the present time, and the Committee were 



