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Agricultural Machinery Abroad. 



[JULY, 



An International Congress on the subject of Agricultural 

 Education will be held on July 28th and 29th next at Liege 

 Universal Exhibition. It will comprise four 

 Congress on sections : — (1) Higher agricultural educa- 



E^^ation^at t *° n ' ^ secon< ^ ar y an( ^ practical instruction ; 

 Li&ge. (3) instruction in elementary schools, migra- 



tory classes, courses of instruction for adults ; 

 and (4) other means of popularising agricultural knowledge. 



Exhibition of Agricultural Machinery in Italy. — The Com- 

 mercial Intelligence Branch of the Board of Trade have been 

 notified by the Italian Chamber of Com- 

 Notes as to merce in London that an International 

 Machinery 1 Exhibitlon of Agricultural Machinery and 

 Abroad. Spirit Motors will be held at Cuneo, Italy, 



from August to October next, under the 

 patronage of H.M. the King of Italy. 



Special prizes are to be given in this exhibition. The Italian 

 Government have granted the temporary introduction, free of 

 duty, of goods destined for the exhibition ; and facilities have 

 also been arranged by the Italian railways. 



Full particulars may be obtained on application to the Italian 

 Chamber of Commerce in London, 4, St. Mary Axe, E.C. 



Exhibition at Milan. — An Exhibition will be held at Milan 

 in 1906, and will include an international section for the exhibi- 

 tion of agricultural machinery and implements. 



Agricultural Machinery in Asia Minor. — The British Vice- 

 Consul at Adana, Asia Minor, says, in his recent report, that the 

 importation of British threshing-machines seems likely to increase 

 in the future. Altogether some fifteen reaping and threshing 

 machines were imported from the United Kingdom during the 

 year 1904 ; but while the British threshing-machines are generally 

 preferred, there seems to be a tendency to buy American reaping 

 machines, chiefly owing to their lightness. The sale of such 

 articles is still only in its infancy, but appears likely to become 

 an important business, in spite of the hostility on the part 

 of thousands of labourers who are in the habit of coming from 



