1906.] 



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in 1902 to admit agricultural machinery, and this has been 

 shown for the last three years — chiefly by Russian makers. As 

 is natural in Cossack territory, which supplies such a vast 

 quantity of mounts for the Russian Army, horses are the most 

 important feature of the show. Persistent efforts have been 

 made to improve the small native breed by crossing with Arab 

 and English thoroughbred blood, and 155 promising young 

 horses were shown at the last exhibition (1905) which were sold 

 for very fair prices, despite the bad state of trade prevailing. 



The cattle were mostly fine specimens of the large Ukraine 

 and Calmuck types and half-bred oxen, obtained by crossing the 

 same with Durham and Simmenthal bulls. The idea appears 

 to have been rather to produce strong draught oxen than beef. 



The show of sheep was not so good, and with the exception 

 of some fine Shropshires and Hampshires, shown by an English 

 firm, there was nothing worthy of special mention. There were 

 only a few pens of pigs, but some remarkably fine geese were 

 shown, both native a«nd British, and obtained good prices. 



The chief exhibits of agricultural machinery were those of 

 steam thrashing sets. One British firm supplied a portable 

 engine. The foreign exhibits were well got up, and the Consul 

 draws attention to the efforts of Austrian and German firms to 

 obtain a share of the important thrashing machine trade hitherto 

 practically a monopoly of British makers. American ploughs, 

 reapers and mowers were shown, while dairy farm utensils from 

 Germany and Sweden attracted attention. 



Intending exhibitors should secure the services of a local 

 agent with a knowledge of the language and country. 



Price of Sainfoin. — With reference to the article on the 

 " Formation of Permanent Pastures," Professor Middleton states 

 that the price of sainfoin given in the seeds-mixture on p. 461 is 

 incorrect. The present price of giant sainfoin in the husk is 

 just over 2d. and that of English common sainfoin in the husk 

 is over 3d. per lb., so that the cost of the 5 lb. of sainfoin 

 required in the mixture would be from is. to is. 6d. 



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