191 2.] Agricultural Labour in February. 



1055 



Germany (for the period February 1st — i$th). 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease (4,790 infected places in 2,076 parishes), 

 Glanders and Farcy, Swine Fever. 



Holland (month of January). 



Anthrax, Foot-and-Mouth Disease (75 outbreaks in 11 provinces), 

 Foot-rot, Rabies, Swine Erysipelas. 



Hungary (for the period February yth — 14th). 



Anthrax, Foot-and-Mouth Disease (total of 111 " cours " now 

 infected), Glanders and Farcy, Rabies, Sheep-pox, Sheep-scab, 

 Swine Erysipelas, Swine Fever. 



Italy (for the period January 15th — 21st). 



Anthrax, Blackleg", Foot-and-Mouth Disease (117 new cases entail- 

 ing- 2,941 animals), Glanders and Farcy, Sheep-scab, Swine Fever. 



Montenegro (for the period January 1st — 15^). 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease (20 " etables " infected in 8 "com- 

 munes "). 



Norway (month of January). 



Anthrax, Blackleg-, Swine Fever. 



Roumania (for the period January 29th — February $th). 



Pleuro-pneumonia, Rabies, Sheep-pox, Swine Erysipelas, Swine 

 Fever. 



Russia (month of October). 



Anthrax, Foot-and-Mouth Disease (121,266 animals in 2,446 "com- 

 munes"), Glanders and Farcy, Pleuro-pneumonia, Rabies, Sheep- 

 pox, Swine Erysipelas, Swine Fever. 



Servia (for the period January 2jth — February 3rd). 



Foot-and-Mouth Disease (50 animals in 1 "commune"), Rabies. 



Spain (month of December). 



Anthrax, Blackleg, Dourine, Foot-and-Mouth Disease (118,532 

 animals), Glanders and Farcy, Pleuro-pneumonia, Rabies, Sheep- 

 pox, Sheep-scab, Swine Erysipelas, Tuberculosis. 



Sweden (month of January). 



Anthrax, Blackleg, Swine Fever. 



Switzerland (for the period February 12th — iSth). 



Anthrax, Blackleg, Foot-and-Mouth Disease (111 "Stables" entail- 

 ing 1,371 animals, of which 20 "Stables" were declared during 

 the oeriod), Swine Fever. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have been furnished by the 

 Board of Trade with the following report, based on returns from 

 correspondents in various districts, on the de- 

 Agricultural Labour mand for agricultural labour in February : — 

 in England Outdoor employment was somewhat inter- 



during February. rupted by unfavourable weather during Feb- 

 ruary, particularly in the early part of the 

 month. Apart from such interruption, extra labourers, though in excess 

 of requirements in several districts, were generally in fair demand for 

 the time of year for such work as threshing, hedging, and ditching, 

 carting and spreading manure. There was some scarcity of men for 

 permanent situations in parts of the Midland and Southern and South- 

 western Counties. 



