514 Agricultural Machinery in Russia, [sept., 



Lists of County Committees for the en- 

 Cowity Committees for couragem ent of the horse-breeding industry 

 the Encouragement were given in this j ourna i for April, May, 

 of the Horse-breeding j une> and j uly> The following further addi- 

 Industry. tional committee has since been appointed : — 



Surrey. 



The Hon. Henry Cubitt, Denbies, Dorking. 



Sir Thomas Skewes-Cox, The Manor House, Petersham, Surrey. 



A. W. Chapman, 51 Whitehall Court, London, S.W. 



J. Hutchinson Driver, Melrose, Horsell, Woking, Surrey. 



C. G. Leveson-Gower, Titsey Place, Limpsfield, Surrey. 



Edward Murray, The Old Cottage, Mickleham, Dorking. 



Secretary, Edward Murray, The Old Cottage, Mickleham, Dorking. 



The Board have recently issued a Report (Cd. 5,689. Price ^d.) for 

 the year 1910 on the business falling within the scope of the (1) Tithe 

 and Copyhold, and (2) Commons and Survey 

 Report on the Branches of the Department. This includes 



Proceedings of the the p roceedings 0 f the Board under the Tithe, 

 Board under the Tithe Copyhold, Inclosure, Commons, Land Drain- 

 and other Acts. age> Light R a ii wayS) an d other Acts. 

 An extract from the report relating to recreation grounds allotted 

 under the Inclosure Acts will be given in next month's Journal. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 

 Demand for Agricultural Machinery and Fertilisers in Russia. — H.M. 



Consul at Moscow (Mr. Grove), in reporting on the trade of that district 

 in 1910 (F. O. Reports, Annual Series, No. 

 Demand xor 4,690), states that as a result of the satisfao 



Agncultural tory con dit;ions of the agricultural industry in 



MachineryAbroad. I9I0 tnere was a rise in the demand for agri- 

 cultural machinery and implements as compared with 1909. The 

 Zemstvo returns are reported to show that the increased demand of 

 19 10 in the central districts of Russia was 8 per cent, higher for harvest- 

 ing machinery, and 10 per cent, higher for other agricultural machinery, 

 than in the previous year, and in the Volga district 27 per cent, higher 

 for harvesting machinery, and 32 per cent, for other agricultural 

 machinery. The same tendency is observable in the demand for artificial 

 fertilisers, which were used over an increased area in the central agricul- 

 tural districts and elsewhere. 



H.M. Consul-General at Odessa also reports an increase in the trade 

 of agricultural machinery in that district in 19 10, in spite of the 

 failure of the harvest in Western Siberia, where large stocks of 

 machinery have remained unsold. As a result of competition, British 

 sellers are being compelled to give long credit in the same way as 

 German firms. This new style of doing business is much more trouble- 

 some than the old, as the business of banker has to be added to that 

 of manufacturer; but at the same time it seems to meet the necessities 

 of the situation. 



The manufacture of agricultural machinery in the country itself has 

 made steady progress, having advanced from ^"720,000 in value in 



