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industry viewed from a scientific and economic standpoint, 

 and of the measures necessary for its improvement and 

 development. The protection of useful birds was also one 

 of the questions considered. In the course of the proceedings 

 some interesting papers were read by a number of the expert 

 delegates present. Among the subjects dealt with were 

 " Poultry-rearing in Great Britain and Ireland/' by Mr. 

 Edward Brown, F.L.S., of Reading College ; the " Inter- 

 national Traffic in Poultry, Game, and their Products," by 

 M. S. Goulichambarow, delegate of the Russian Ministry of 

 Finance; the " Export of Russian Poultry to France," by 

 M. Ch. Scelle, of Paris; the " Export Trade in Avicultural 

 Products," by M. N. Krioukow, expert attached to the 

 Russian Department of Agriculture ; and the " Present 

 Condition of Aviculture in Russia," by M. Abozine ; editor 

 of the Courrier d' Aviculture. 



From a report of the proceedings published in the Journal 

 de St. Petersbourg, it appears that the conclusions and recom- 

 mendations of the Congress may be divided into two classes, 

 viz., local and international, the former relating to the- 

 measures considered necessary for the improvement and 

 development of the poultry industry in Russia, and the 

 latter comprising such recommendations as were of a 

 general or international character. 



With regard to the conditions existing in Russia, the 

 Congress expressed the view that in order to promote the 

 production and exportation of poultry products it was 

 necessary to encourage the establishment of co-operative 

 associations among the peasants, for the collection, classifi- 

 cation, and export of eggs, without the intervention of 

 middlemen. Further measures recommended with this 

 object included the institution of travelling poultry shows, at 

 which lectures and demonstrations relating to the industry 

 would be given, the distribution among the peasantry of 

 sitting eggs from fowls of good breed in exchange for eggs 

 produced by the ordinary fowls on their holdings, and the 

 creation of special courses of lectures in aviculture in agricul- 

 tural and horticultural schools. To facilitate the disposal of 

 Russian poultry and eggs abroad the Congress made two im- 



