Tick in Poultry.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7705, 6 January 1905, Page 4

Tick in Poultry.

Recently in* South Australia!.■ sor cijet'ies interwted in poultry-breeding and shows reguested the Victorian M!:nister for Agriculture to relax the restrictions upon the importation of poultry from South Australia into Victoria, and threatened that unless the request were they would endeavour fo secure a prohibition against the entry of .Victorian fowls into South Australia. The Minister, (says the Age), has> hail an interview wji'tli Dr. Brown, the officer charged with tho administration of the poultry anil he has ascertained that even if the South Australians carried out their proposed boycott of Victorian fowls, it would not affect the industry. At present A'icforia can hardly supply her own requirements. Tho importance of the industry, howeven, is so great —it is calculated that the annual value of the products of the Victorian poultry industry aggregate a value of About £2.o(H),ooo—that it is essential that every precaution should lie taken against the introduction of diseased fowls'. Tickf. it appears, is very prevalent in South Australia, and no steps are taken ; by the Government to suppress tho pest. On the other hand, very stringynt rcgulationa are in foice against in in Viotonia, In the circumstance the Minister has decided to refuse compliance with the South Australian request, and instructed a letter to that effect to be written.