POTATOES FOR EXPORT

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 22 March 1926, Page 13

POTATOES FOR EXPORT

N.S. WALES REGULATIONS

Tin; following regulations ? ov^ n '"’" K tin- importation of potutoos uito AVales were, published m the N.. . * Government U..*ctta of November 0, should bc_ two gnulos of potatoes, ’ namely, , of !w»de. 'l'boso "imilar sKiviiiSuSis:...:-' teee?»4s» , ?k* by second growth, sprouting, injmj, ox fySSSS**'**. 1 grade shall in case of round varieties be no hss tlm '2jin. in diameter, and m rase ol long varieties; 'guinea No 2 grade ahaTnob be iL than shall be deemed to comply with the above, mentioned giadis it .it least R2-> per cent., by weight tlieinot, complv with the requirements as to size, and if at least do per rent. b> weight comply with the other urpiu mdiits of the said grades. . Potatoes shall not be packed foi sab, or sold unless they comply with o ie oi the grades mentioned in the, pHiidnv, regulation, and unless the grade is legible written on Ibe covering in letters not loss than 2m. in height. 1 iovided that : (a) Potatoes which are intended for ,Minting, and winch comply with the. reciuirements ol the übo\e grades, except as to sine, may lie packed for sale, or sold, m coverings which are legibly marked “seed potatoes , (b) Potatoes which are intended foi stock food and winch do not comply with tho above' grades, may be packed for sale, or sold in coverings, legibh marked “stock lood.” An officer of the Agricultural Department lias to come to ' uiiaru from Christchurch to certify that potatoes submitted for export here have not come from a district winch is infected bv powdery scab. 'Each bag must be branded; N./i. grown potatoes No. 1,(or Mo. 2) grade and with the name of the grower anti bis address.