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of cattle, including in this total the herds of Indian buffaloes. 

 The United States with 67,000,000 cattle, and the Russian 

 Empire with 45,000,000 come next in magnitude, these two 

 states standing ahead of all other nationalities. In sheep the 

 British Imperial total reaches 157,000,000 head, somewhat over 

 half standing to the credit of our Australian Colonies. The 

 latest Argentine estimates — though the totals are somewhat 

 uncertain— also appear to reach about half the flocks of the 

 British Empire, while, including goats, the Russian flocks are 

 estimated at 65,000,000, and those of the United States at 

 45,000,000. 



The Report concludes with an analysis of the numbers of 

 cattle and sheep in fourteen European countries, showing the 

 proportion of each to every i,ODO acres of total surface, and also 

 to every 1,000 persons. 



The Board have now received a copy of the Programme of 

 the meeting of the Eighth International Agricultural Congress, 



to be held in Vienna from the 21st to 25th 

 Agricultural of May, 1907, of which particulars were 

 ^^V^'nna^^ S^^^^ ^^^^ Journal in June last (p. 178). 



The programme gives a list of the various 

 papers which will be read and discussed in the eleven sections of 

 the Congress, seven subjects and upwards being put down for dis- 

 cussion in each section. A few of them may be mentioned as an 

 indication of the character of the Congress : Section I., for in- 

 stance, will discuss, among other subjects, the connection between 

 the International Agricultural Congress and the International 

 Institute at Rome ; the world's crops and statistics of consump- 

 tion ; the taxation of agriculture ; and the formation of an 

 international labour bureau. In Section II. eight papers are 

 proposed in connection with agricultural education. A prominent 

 subject which will come under notice (Sections II. and III.) 

 is the replacement of nitrate of soda by nitrogen chemically 

 produced, and by other means; and papers in this connection 

 are promised by Dr. Birkeland and by Dr. Frank. The proper 

 organization of agricultural experiments and the cultivation of 

 moorland are also included in Section II. The classification 



