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Export of Poultry to Russia. [Jan., 



a creamy liquid. The whole of the liquid was then pumped 

 with force through a fine spray nozzle, in the usual manner, into 

 another vessel. 



The caustic soda was dissolved in 9 gallons of rain water, 

 and into this solution the paraffin emulsion was then poured, 

 and the two well mixed together. 



This spray -fluid gave excellent results, and it is proposed to 

 substitute it in future for the caustic alkali wash of caustic soda 

 and carbonate of potash. 



In all probability this spray-fluid will prove effective in 

 destroying the eggs of all Aphides and the Red " Spider " also, 

 though it has not yet been tried upon the latter pest. 



At the suggestion of the Board of Agriculture, the Foreign 



Office instructed Mr. Henry Cooke, British Commercial Agent in 



Russia, to visit the exhibition of poultry 



Possible Opening ^^ich was held at Moscow in November 

 for the Export of , , , ., .,. ^ 



Poultry to Russia. report on the possibility of 



opening up a trade in breeding stock. Mr. 

 Cooke reports that although the exhibition was widely advertised 

 as an international one, there were no foreign exhibits. A few 

 enquiries were made at the British Consulate by English poultry- 

 breeders, but it would seem that the latter were not satisfied as 

 to the measures taken for the care of the fowls on the rail journey 

 to and from Moscow, while the severity of the Russian winter 

 during which the show was to be held probably accentuated 

 the anxiety thus felt. The extremely trifling export of fowls 

 for stock or other purposes from the United Kingdom to 

 Russia, moreover, probably led British breeders to think it 

 hardly worth while to incur the risk and expense. 



The show was on a very large scale, there being over 1,250 

 pens, containing two to six birds, as well as larger runs con- 

 taining twelve to thirty each, mainly turkeys and geese. The 

 breeds of fowls of foreign origin, though bred in Russia, which 

 were chiefly exhibited were the Plymouth Rock, Langshan, 

 Brahma, Minorca, Houdan, and, to a smaller extent, the 

 Wyandotte, Cochin China, Dorking, Orpington, Faverolles, 

 Bantam, and a few others. Ducks were mostly Pekin and 



