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Agriculture Abroad. 



[Jan., 



AGRICULTURE ABROAD. 



WOOL AND LEATHER IN CHINA— SEED CLEANING IN 

 FRANCE— PRODUCE ON LARGE AND SMALL 

 HOLDINGS IN RUMANIA. 



A Wool and Leather Industries Commission was formally 

 instituted at Peking on 1st June, and the President of the 

 Wool and Chinese Republic has appointed Mr. Siung 



Leather Industries P;^''''^^"*-^. ^ . . 



n^««w,;««;«« ^'^^ functions of this Commission are, 



Commission m . , 



China inter aha, as follows : — • 



1. To locate the regions best suited for 

 raising cattle and sheep and to study the present output, 

 quality, demand, and transportation facilities of wool and 

 leather in these regions. 



2. To ascertain the quantity and kinds of wool and leather 

 required by foreign countries and to study the world's trade 

 conditions concerning wool and leather. 



3. To introduce and to encourage scientific stock raising. 



4. To formulate methods of rendering assistance to the 

 people in their enterprises as described in (3). 



5. To select and purchase the best domestic and foreign 

 breeds of cattle and sheep, which are to be sold at cost to the 

 breeders. 



6. To train technical assistants for cattle and sheep raising 

 and wool and leather making, and also to study the methods 

 of providing for hygienic conditions for domestic animals. 



7. To establish breeding farms, wool and leather factories 

 and laboratories, and make a comparative study of the different 

 machinery and equipments used in the wool and leather 

 industries and of the methods of marketing the products. 



8. To devise methods of inspecting the quality of wool and 

 leather to be exported. 



9. To gather information and to receive reports on wool and 

 leather industries from different provinces ; to translate foreign 

 technical books; and to pubhsh magazines and bulletins 

 concerning these industries, 



10. To send out from time to time parties of experts to 

 lecture in various cattle and sheep raising districts, in order 

 to accelerate the development of wool and leather industries. 

 The Ministry has forwarded to the Commission particulars of 



