191 1.] Notes on Agriculture Abroad. 



695 



Imported fresh meat must, in addition, be marked as prescribed 

 by the Minister of Agriculture, and in the event of the export regulations 

 of the country from which any of the articles above-mentioned come 

 not being satisfactory, the Minister of Agriculture may forbid their 

 importation or cause them to be submitted to examination. 



Live Stock in Mexico. — According to reports from American Con- 

 suls at Vera Cruz and Monterey, there are good opportunities for 

 breeders to develop the sale of pure-bred male animals among Mexican 

 farmers. 



Bulls of pure blood are imported for improving the native stock. 

 On one ranch where Herefords have been bred for many years there 

 has been developed what is practically a breed of Mexican Herefords. 

 These are free from those diseases which usually affect imported stock, 

 while possessing all the good qualities of the imported animals. 



A trade in young bulls or calves might be built up in the Vera 

 Cruz district, for when brought in at an early age they become 

 acclimatised readily. To do this the importer ought to have a ranch 

 at an altitude of not less than 4,000 ft., where he could keep his stock 

 and dispose of it as demand arose. A limited number of mature 

 animals might be imported during the winter season for sale in the 

 cooler parts of the district. 



Agricultural Experiment Stations in Germany. — There are at the 

 present time 72 agricultural experimental stations in Germany, with a 

 staff comprising some 1,378 persons. Out of these stations 28 are 

 supported by one or other of the German states, 6 by provincial authori- 

 ties, 29 by chambers of agriculture, and 8 by associations, while one 

 is private. 



The receipts of these stations from various sources in 1909 were as 

 follows (Archiv des Deutschen Landwirtschaftsrats, Berlin, 191 1) : — 



Prussia 



Bavaria 



Saxony 



Wurtemburg 



Baden 



Hesse 



Mecklenburg-Schwerin 



Saxe-Weimar 



Oldenburg 



Anhalt ... 



Hamburg 



Alsace-Lorraine 

 Imperial Institute ... 



Total 



State. 



£ 



12,574" 

 4,495 

 2,322 



2,567 

 1,300 



1,361 

 302 

 210 



1,109 



395 

 2,318 

 14,610 



78,680 



Provincial 

 Authorities. 



Chambers 



. of 

 Agriculture. 



Other 

 Sources. 



Total. 



£ 



£ 



£ 



£ 



3,827 



18,933 



145,458 



203,335 



1,506 



524 



13,839 



28,443 



1 25 



45 



3,404 



8,269 







3,°48 



5,370 







74 5 



3,312 







2,550 



3,850 





526 



4,o74 



5,961 







1,45° 



1,752 





125 



2,227 



2,562 





1,355 



577 



3,°4i 







4,265 



4,660 





137 



2,071 



4,526 







~ 



14,610 



5,658 



21,645 



183,708 



289,691 



Possibility of an Export of British Pedigree Cattle to Brazil.— A 



report from H.M. Acting-Consul-General at Rio de Janeiro (Mr. Ernest 

 Hambloch) discusses the possibility of an export of British pedigree 



