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500 roubles respectively, at an exhibition to be held in the 

 Agricultural Museum at St. Petersburg, commencing on 2nd 

 April, 1904, for the best milk sterilising apparatus, chiefly for 

 skim milk. 



Intending competitors must signify their intention of entering 

 to the Department of Agriculture at St. Petersburg not later 

 than the 28th February, 1904. 



The prizes will only be awarded to apparatus suitable for 

 small dairy farms, capable of dealing with 43 to 54 gallons 

 of milk per hour, heated to a temperature of not less than 

 70 degrees Centigrade, which can be raised by means of steam 

 at half atmospheric pressure, or by hot water to 100 degrees 

 Centigrade if necessary. 



The apparatus must, in addition to being furnished with a 

 stirring appliance for the warmed milk, be of simple yet solid 

 construction, and capable of being worked by one person. It 

 must also serve in an equal degree as a steriliser and warmer 

 for milk and cream, and be furnished with special appliances 

 for regulating the temperature, not only by means of a regu- 

 lator for the passage of the milk, but also by means of one con- 

 trolling the supply of steam or hot water. 



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In a report on the agriculture of the Odessa district of Russia 

 for the year 1902, H.M. Consul-General states that some of the 

 results of the crossing of native breeds of cattle with British 

 shorthorns were shown at Rostov, where there was a large sale 

 of cross-bred cattle. Prince Tscherbatof, the President of the 

 Imperial Agricultural Society, interests himself greatly in this 

 matter, and a movement is on foot to supply peasants with the 

 services of good class bulls, which would very generally be 

 imported from the United Kingdom or Germany. At the 

 Rostov market 12 British shorthorn bulls fetched 500r. each 

 (£52 ios.), and half-bred Kalmuck-and-shorthorned one-year- 

 old bulls sold freely at from ioor. (£10 ios.) to 35or. (£36 15s.), 

 the latter price being given for a one-year-old cross-breed by the 

 well-known British bull " Saturn." 



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