. Farmer and stockbreeder . among other things :— That no sheep be allowed to lie removedfrom any farm, or land, whereon sheep-scabhas existed, until that farm or land hasbeen proclaimed free from the disease, for aperiod of at least one month, by a publicnotice in the local Report has been before the Board ofAgriculture since 1915. They have ignored thepractical advice of the flock-owners of the coun-try. Had they adopted the clause quoted, itwould ha\«e~ been impossible for any infectedsheep to have been sent away from the centreof infection, and be given a good chance of re-infe
. Farmer and stockbreeder . among other things :— That no sheep be allowed to lie removedfrom any farm, or land, whereon sheep-scabhas existed, until that farm or land hasbeen proclaimed free from the disease, for aperiod of at least one month, by a publicnotice in the local Report has been before the Board ofAgriculture since 1915. They have ignored thepractical advice of the flock-owners of the coun-try. Had they adopted the clause quoted, itwould ha\«e~ been impossible for any infectedsheep to have been sent away from the centreof infection, and be given a good chance of re-infecting a county hitherto free from thedisease. I hear that the President of the Board ofAgriculture received a deputation on this matteron Wednesday last from the Royal AgriculturalSociety, and I trust he was able to satisfy thatdeputation, and to guarantee that the authori-ties in charge of the eradication of sh.«ap scabin this country are prepared to act in a drasticmanner to prevent the continuance of thedisease. Photo by] [Sport and General. British Friesian Bull (Imp.), KINGSWOOD YNTE. Property of Messrs. W. and R. Wallace,Kncbirorth—Four years old. CASUALTY CATTLE In many parts of the country a serious loss hasbeen sustained by the small and utterly inadequateallowances which have been made for fat sheep andcattle which bad to be slaughtered in consequenceof accidents. Typical instances will illustrate whathappened both to sheep and bullocks. A farmerhad an accident to one of his sheep, and it had tobe killed. He had the carcase dressed and con-veyed it to his centre. He was allowed 7s. 6d. forthe carcase, and from this 5s. was deducted as mar-ket and official charges, which left him with 2s. 6d.,which, of course, was not sufficient to cover the costof using his horse and trap in conveying it siximiles—or a twelve-mile journey there and protests were in vain. Another farmer had to slaughter a bullock undersimilar circumstances. He was allowed and ten
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