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of bringing British stock to tlie notice of Russian breeders^ 

 He also suggests that British breeders might send their 

 catalogues to the Central Moscow Society and to some 

 of the other leading societies. A list of these can be 

 seen at the offices of the Board. The Poultry Rearers' 

 Almanack for 1907 (in Russian) gives a very lengthy list of 

 ten pages of the names of the chief poultry-breeders in all 

 parts of Russia, with the names of the breeds in which they 

 are interested. The exhibition catalogues, too, give names and 

 addresses of all Russian exhibitors. In this connection the 

 following extract from a treatise on poultry rearing in Russia^ 

 appended to the exhibition catalogue, is of interest : — " Formerly 

 breeding stock had to be ordered from abroad at great expense, 

 but thanks to amateur fanciers, who have not spared money in 

 ordering breeding stock, the latter is no longer scarce in Russia, 

 but is bred in great quantities and sold at much cheaper prices 

 than was possible ten to twenty years ago. . . . The ex- 

 perience of twenty-four exhibitions has shown that stock bred 

 and exhibited by Russian poultry-breeders has reached such 

 a pitch of excellence as to compete with that ordered from 

 abroad." 



In continuation of the series of diagrams of diseases of forest 

 trees, the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries have in prepara- 

 tion, and will shortly publish, a series of 



Diseases of Fruit coloured diagrams, prepared under the 



and Fruit- . ^ , ' . , 



Bearing* Plants, supervision of the Director of the Royal 



Botanic Gardens, Kevv, illustrating some 



of the commoner diseases attacking fruit and fruit-bearing plants 



in this country. 



A reduced specimen of one of the diagrams appears on the 

 opposite page. 



The diagrams, which are suitable for lecture rooms, museums, 

 -or schools, &c., are contained in seven sheets, 21 in. by 15 in., 

 and may be obtained at the office of the Board of Agriculture 

 and Fisheries, 4, Whitehall Place, London, S.W., only, and not 

 elsewhere, price is. per sheet, or 6s. 6d. per set of seven sheets. 

 They will be sent post free on receipt of the money with the 

 order. Each diagram is accompanied by a brief account of the 



