POTATO PESTS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 594, 24 August 1909, Page 5

POTATO PESTS.

_4 MINISTERS'OF AGRICULTURE IN ' . r CONFERENCE. (By Toleeraph-i'resa Association -Oopyrlnlit) (Melbourne, August 23 . The Conference of Ministers of Agriculture adopted a series of resolutions for interState co-oporjition in dealing with vegetation diseases. In regard to Irish blight in potatoes, it was decided to take ipimcdiato uniform action with a view to chocking the spread of the disease Careful investigation will' bo mn'do, and infected areas will be quarantined, ' Only new bags or cases must be used in sending potatoes from ono State to another ,

9'-\\ '. POSITION OF NEW ZEALAND -" ,'.:;;.'; '■ : : : v:.;■;■;;:.'.•;POTATOES',. ;';y'.'/' ■'•;'V". ; ■'.• :;"• C >;:'v;'(lie^ \s?\ ■'..;,'.. f:. : ;;■ ;;.■;'-.;',;).;;sydnoy, ;August, 23';.:;; ::are being '.■ 'made ', ■■ to . induce ./the Government ;to' aliow the importation of; New, Zealand; -potatoes : if:tKey stamp as being free from .disease;.-"'.';j-.'^'-.'-.-■.'.,";, '■'.-;■ "..■,;■ ■ M'.;-.i ';■ ■.' '■.'■'."■■!'' ' : ['\ ; -'ilt' ; wasi -decided -at:' a recent .meeting .of - Cabinet: to' cable .:tp ■the; Federal Government, and.the' Premiers qf the 'yarious .States.;of ; the Commonwealth of,-.Australia;.-nskjhg whether' tho'-present, juncture is not:,a suitable .time tb\consider' the- question" 'of rorjiovjng. or roducingv.th'c Vexj.sting.' prohibition' against 'the; -lnip6rtatlon-.pl Ni6W. Zealijhd'mto the; Commonwealth, .provided that.the potatoes aro':accompanied /by a'certificate from' the New 'Zealand Government .of freedom from disease and, subject always to;inspection by the Australian authorities-; on. arriva).];;, : ; >;.;. .■■. \y '■■■;