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Importation of Cattle into Natal. 



The Board of Agriculture have received a copy of an Act 

 which provides that all cattle imported 



Importation of into the Colony of Natal must either be 

 Cattle into Natal, accompanied by a certificate, signed by 

 a duly qualified veterinary surgeon of the 

 country from which the cattle have been despatched, to the 

 effect that they have prior to embarkation been subjected to 

 the tuberculin test, and have thereby been proved to be free 

 from tuberculosis ; or be placed in quarantine on arrival and 

 subjected to the tuberculin test, at the expense of the owner. 

 If the cattle are free from tuberculosis, and from any other 

 disease unfitting them for introduction into the Colony, they 

 may be landed and forwarded to their destination. Animals 

 affected with tuberculosis will be destroyed, unless the owner 

 prefers to return or re-ship them ; the carcase being disposed 

 of as the owner may think fit, provided that the flesh be not 

 considered unfit for food. The above provisions do not apply 

 to cattle imported solely for slaughter. 



Agricultural experiment stations are now in operation in all 



the States and territories of the United 

 American 0 , . , ., . , 



Agricultural States, while agricultural experiments 



Experiment have been begun in Alaska with the aid 

 Stations. of national funds> In the States 



of Alabama, Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York a 

 separate station is maintained wholly or in part by State 

 funds ; and in Louisiana a station for sugar experiments is 

 maintained partly by funds contributed by sugar-planters. 

 Excluding the branch stations established in several States, 

 the total number of stations is 54. Of these 52 receive the 

 appropriation provided for in the Act of Congress of 1887. 

 The total income of the stations during 1898 was £250,000, 

 of which £150,000 was received from the National Govern- 

 ment, the remainder coming from the following sources : — 

 State Governments, £71,000 ; fees for analyses, £11,000; 

 sales of farm produce, £14,000; and miscellaneous, £4,000. 



