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Notes on Agriculture Abroad, [march, 



-at Winnipeg up to June ist. A copy of the. rules and regulations may 

 be seen at the above branch of the Board of Trade, 



Agricultural Exhibition at Odessa. — The Imperial Russian Technical 

 Association intend to hold an exhibition at Odessa from May to October 

 during the present year, which will include sections devoted to the 

 •various branches of agriculture. Foreign exhibits will be admitted, 

 will be allowed into Russia free of import duties, and will receive- 

 favoured treatment in regard to transport rates on Russian railways. 

 Applications for space must be sent in not later than March 28th, and 

 ■exhibits will be admitted from April 14th to May 14th. — (Board of 

 Trade Journal, February 23rd, 191 1.) 



Live Stock Shows at the Turin Exhibition. — The Board of Agricul- 

 culture and Fisheries desire to give notice that an International Show 

 •of Cattle and Sheep will be held in Turin from the 12th to the 20th June 

 next in connection with the International Exhibition. 



There will be classes open to British cattle and sheep ; the awards 

 in these classes include 235 medals or diplomas of medals and cash 

 prizes amounting to £860. There will also be a Championship Prize 

 and a Grand Prize of Honour. 



An International Poultry and Rabbit Show will be held from the 

 4th to the 7th May. 



Further particulars may be obtained from the Secretary to the 

 Agricultural Committee of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition, 

 Winchester House, St. James's Square, London, S.W: 



Potash Production in Germany. — In continuation of the note on the 

 potash production of Germany which appeared in this Journal for 

 December, 19 10, p. 768, the following informa- 

 Uotes on tion, given in U.S. Daily Consular and Trade 



Agriculture Abroad. Reports, January 26th, 191 1, may be of 

 interest. 



It is announced that the Bundesrat has considerably increased the 

 quantity of potash which can be produced by German -potash works 

 'during the period from May ist to December 31st, 191 1. Compared 

 with the amounts as determined in June, 19 10, the amounts of pure 

 potash (K 2 0) which can be sold during the period without being sub- 

 jected to the special tax, are now fixed as follows : — 



Old allowance. New allowance 



Tons. Tons. 



For Home Consumption 201,000 2i6,oco . 



For Exportation 195,000 278,000 



Total 396,000 494,000 



The increased production will, therefore, amount to about 98,000 

 tons. The share of the output falling to the different factories from 

 January ist, 191 1, is also given in this Report. 



Sheep-Raising in Russia. — Mention was made in this Journal for 

 December, 19 10, of the decline in wool production in European Russia 

 which has taken place during the past few years. A special com- 

 mittee on this subject, appointed by the Russian Department of Agricul- 

 ture, has decided to open an exhibition of sheep-raising on May 14th, 

 1.9 1 1, at Moscow, and to hold a convention of wool-growers at the same 

 time. A Report showing the crisis through which the Russian sheep- 



