THE POTATO BLIGHT.
CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS OF AGRICULTURE. IMMEDIATE UNIFORM ACTION TO BE TAKEN. Unitkd Press Association —CoriuiauT. MELBOURNE, August 23. The conference of Ministers of Agriculture adopted a series of resolutions for inter.-State co-operation dealing, iith vegetation diseases. In regard to tho Irish blight, it was decided to take immediate uniform action, with the view of checking the spread of the disease. Careful investigations will • ho made. Infected areas are to be quarantined. Only new bags or cases are to be used for sending potatoes from one State to another. The conference .decided that a Federal Bureau of Agriculture was at present unnecessary. SYDNEY, August 23. (Received August 24, 1.25 a.m.) Efforts are being made to induce the Government to allow the importation of New Zealand potatoes bearing the Agricultural Department’s"' stamp ‘as ■ being free from disease.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2588, 24 August 1909, Page 5
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138THE POTATO BLIGHT. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2588, 24 August 1909, Page 5
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