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Export of Butter from Siberia. [July, 



In the case of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, cows are 

 -required to yield 10 lb. of butter-fat in seven days at two years 

 old, and this figure is increased by '00456 lb. per day for older 

 .cows until five years of age, when the required amount will 

 have reached 15 lb. 



The Bollettino Ufficiale of the Italian Ministry of Agriculture, 



Industry, and Commerce announces that tenders are invited 



„ for the supply to the Italian Government 



English Stallions , _ ... ... 



for Italy. °* tnorou g nDreo - English stallions. Otters 



of sale, made out on stamped paper of 1 lira 

 20 cents (obtainable from the Italian Consulate-General in 

 London, 44, Finsbury Square, E.C.) should reach the Ministero 

 di Agricoltura, Industria e Commercio (Direzione Generale delP 

 Agricoltura Ispettorato zootecnico), Rome, by October 10th. 

 Stallions may be presented for inspection at Milan on 

 November 1st ; at Pisa on November 4th ; or at Santa 

 Maria Capua Vetere on November 6th. 



The Board of Trade have recently published a Report by 



Mr. H. Cooke, Special Commissioner of the Commercial 



Intelligence Committee, on the condition 



Export of anc j prospects of British trade in Siberia.* 

 Butter from , T « , c . , 



Siberia • ^°°^ e gives some account 01 the state 



of agriculture in that country so far as it 



affects the export trade, and describes in detail the wonderful 



progress made in recent years in the butter-making industry. 



Previous to 1893 no butter was produced in Siberia for export 



abroad, whilst ten years later, in 1903, the total export amounted 



to 600,000 cwt. The number of dairies in operation in 1900 



was 1,064, and these had increased to 2,035 m 1902. A 



summary of much of the information obtained by Mr. Cooke 



•n this subject has alread}' appeared in this Journal (Vol. X., 



December, 1903, p. 370). 



* Cd, 2,518. Price \s. $d. 



