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engines, but is little if at all developed in Siberia, the threshers 

 there, worked by horse-power, being mostly of simple con- 

 struction or of Russian make. More might be done in 

 Siberia in British sickles, a Sheffield make being well known, 

 but not having the sale of Austrian and Russian makes. 

 Scythes are mostly Austrian. Ploughs in Siberia are usually 

 of very primitive Siberian or Russian make, but more advanced 

 makes of South Russian and German origin have a considerable 

 sale. British ploughs seem unknown. 



The Government depots, of which there are about thirty, 

 scattered over the agricultural districts of Siberia, selling 

 Russian and American machines, favour the particular makes 

 most in demand in the different districts. They deal direct with 

 the American manufacturers or through regular American 

 agencies established in Siberia. The head office of the Govern- 

 ment depot is at Omsk. 



Mr. Cooke furnishes a list of the chief private firms and 

 Government depots in Siberia selling agricultural machinery, 

 and this list can be seen at the offices of the Board. 



A later note from Mr. Cooke, states that as the result ot 

 a conference at the Ministry of Commerce to consider to what 

 extent orders for machinery could be placed in Russia itself, it 

 was decided that most of the machines required could be 

 manufactured in Russia, but that as they could not be supplied 

 in time, the orders this year must be placed abroad. 



The Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have been informed 

 by the German Ambassador, through the Foreign Office, that a 

 Horticultural Exhibition will be held at 

 Horticultural Mannheim, in the Grand Duchy of Baden, 



at^Mamhefm. ^'^^^ ^^^>' October, 1907, in connection 

 with an International Exhibition of Art. 



The gardening exhibition is also intended to have an inter- 

 national character in its most important sections, especially in 

 connection with the cultivation of fruit and vegetables, and the 

 raising of orchids and cactuses. An industrial ' exhibition is to 

 be attached, in which there will be exhibited the products of the 

 cultivation of fruit and vegetables and the vine,, particularly 

 jams, preserved and dried fruits, and vegetables. 



