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vision. The Moscow Imperial Agricultural 

 Society is likewise showing much activity in 

 the matter. It has opened branches at Kour- 

 gan, Tomsk, and Omsk, and these branches keep 

 in close touch with one another, and are carrying 

 on a propaganda among manufacturers and ex- 

 porters with the special view of securing a 

 direct export of the produce to London — which 

 is regarded as the chief market — and doing 

 away with the Danish middlemen. But up to 

 the present only about one-twelfth of the exist- 

 ing establishments are co-operative or com- 

 munal, and the Danish middleman remains the 

 predominant partner. 



How under these various conditions the in- 

 dustry has expanded is shown by the following 

 table : — 



The Government run four butter trains a 

 week during the summer season. Starting from 

 Ob, each train picks up waggons at various 

 stations (Omsk generally supplies four) until the 

 full complement of from 25 to 28 has been 



