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raiser is passing was presented to the committee, and it is sug- 

 gested that the only means of restoring this industry to its former 

 extent are the utilisation of those portions of the Siberian steppes not 

 otherwise fit for agricultural development. Sheep-breeding on correct 

 and modern methods is advocated, and organisation for an increased 

 production of mutton for the markets. By raising cross-breds which 

 produce a wool closely resembling that grown by the foreign cross- 

 breds, and a mutton satisfying the demands" of the market, sheep- 

 breeding would be made more profitable. The conditions for feeding 

 and maintaining the sheep during winter in the districts in question 

 are satisfactory. (U.S. Daily Consular and Trade Reports, January 

 16th, 1911.) 



Hop Production in Bohemia. — On the basis of estimates obtained 

 from several sources, the United States Consul at Prague places the 

 production at 258,000 cwt., out of a total of 341,000 cwt. for Austria- 

 Hungary. The Bohemian crop has been very satisfactory, though, 

 owing to the wet weather, the Saaz crop was not quite so bright in 

 colour as was desired, but the quality of the hops was very good. The 

 total production of Austria-Hungary will, according to the above 

 estimate, be very little below the record yield of 1908, and almost 

 double the 1909 crop. The prices for the 19 10 crop in Bohemia have 

 averaged about the following: — Saaz, n^d. per lb; Auscha, io|d. 

 per lb.; and Dauba, Sd. per lb., or about one-half the price realised 

 for the crop of 1909. (U.S. Daily Consular and Trade Reports, 

 January 17th, 191 1.) 



Progress of Agriculture in Adana, Turkey. — Request for Seed Cata- 

 logues. — The Board have received, through a correspondent, a letter 

 from Mr. A. G. Adjemian, Director of Agriculture in the Province of 

 Adana, Turkey, in which he states that considerable progress has been 

 made during the past tew years in the condition of agriculture in 

 Adana. Agricultural machinery is being much used. An agricultural col- 

 lege is being built, and some £6,000 have been granted by the Govern- 

 ment towards the cost. Some experiments have been begun, and the 

 Director of Agriculture will be pleased to receive catalogues from seed 

 growers in England, with a view to the introduction of new seed. 



Live Stock in Canada— -The Canadian Census and Statistics Monthly 

 for January, 191 1, gives the number and value of the live stock in the 

 Dominion of Canada in 1910 as follows : — 



Number. Value (.£). 



Horses 2,213,199 61,125,000 



Milch cows ... ... 2,853,951 25,336,000 



Other cattle ... ... 4,260,963 27,454,000 



Sheep 2,598,470 3,296,000 



Swine ... ... ... 2,753,964 6,491,000 



Butter, Egg, and Poultry Trade of Russia. — The Board have re- 

 ceived from H.M. Consul-General at Odessa a summary of articles 

 recently published in the Torgovo-Promyshlennaya Gazette, on the 

 subject of the growing export from Russia of butter, eggs, and 

 poultry. 



Soon after the opening of the Russian Trans-Siberian railroad, 

 Siberia began to supply dairy farming produce, principally butter. In 



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