Dec. 1896.] 



GENERAL AGRICULTURAL NOTES, 



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-not less than 5 pigs will be received at a time. Fowls should be 

 from three to six months old and weigh not less than 4 lbs., live 

 weight ; ducks should be of the same age and weigh not less 

 than 5 lbs. ; while turkeys must not exceed 12 months in age, 

 .and must weigh at least 16 lbs (gobblers) or 12 lbs. (hens). 



The Department reserves to itself the right of acceptmg or 

 rejecting consignments, and only goods of approved quality will 

 be accepted for export ; no claims against tlie Department on 

 account of rejected produce will be entertained. 



With the same object of securing the success of the shipments 

 of frozen produce, various recommendations are urged upon 

 exporters to enable them to command the best price in the 

 English market, the requirements of which are carefully studied. 

 Exporters are advised to use packages of uniform size for their 

 butter, and sample boxes are on view at the Agricultuial 

 -Department. 



The most favourable time for selling Australian butter in Eng- 

 land is stated to be between September and March, while for other 

 produce exporters are advised to make their shipments between 

 the following dates : — Lamb, September to January ; mutton 

 £ind pork, September to February; ducks and fowls, January 

 to March ; turkeys, October to December ; rabbits, August to 

 February. 



With regard to butter, of which commodity the Department 

 does not undertake to pay the freight to London, the Govern- 

 ment have entered into a contract with two steamship companies 

 under the terms of width the freight to London has been 

 reduced to fcZ. per lb. (net weight) from the wharf, Port 

 Adelaide, for butter in rectangular boxes containing 56 lbs. 

 each. 



In the case of persons having no agents in England, the 

 Department will undertake the sale of any produce consigned 

 through the export depot, for which the selling commission is not 

 included in the charges already stated, and as soon as the account 

 of sales are received, a copy thereof, together with a remittance 

 for the net result, wilt be at once forwarded to the owner of the 

 goods. 



Australian Conference on Tick Fever. 



The Board have recently received a repoit of an intercolonial 

 Conference on Tick Fever, which was held at Sydney in August 

 last, in pursuance of the agreement arrived at by the Govern- 

 ments of New South Wales, "Victoria, South Australia, and 

 Queensland. The Colonies of Tasmania and New Zealand, 



