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however, the old vines have to be completely destroyed 

 before the new ones can be planted, the poorer growers are 

 said to be hesitating to incur the expense. 



The Board has received through the Foreign Office a copy 

 of a circular (No. 87, 1899), issued by the 

 Bi^edin^Stock Treasury Department of the United 

 int0 States lit6d States > Providing that all the animals 

 imported into that country for breeding 

 purposes, in order to claim admission free of duty, must be 

 accompanied by a certificate of the pedigree, showing that 

 the animal is pure-bred and has been admitted to full 

 registry in a book of record established for that breed. 

 Failing such certificate, the animal will be liable to the full 

 customs duty. The circular contains a schedule of the books 

 of record of recognised breeds of animals. 



According to the Smor Tidendc, at the dairy show recently 



held in St. Petersburg about 500 



Progress of casks of butter from all districts were 



Dairying in exhibited, amongst them being 45 brands 

 Russia- 



from Siberia. The exhibits included 

 many kinds of butter, besides the common salt butter for 

 export, such as fresh butter churned from sweet cream, the 

 so-called Paris-butter, which is commonly used in St. Peters- 

 burg, and other sorts. The butter was judged by Russian, 

 Danish, German, and English experts, and was found to vary 

 considerably in quality. The best samples were produced in 

 the Baltic provinces and the Wologda district, while the 

 Siberian butter ranked lowest in quality. According to the 

 Smor Tidende, the success of the show is considered to be an 

 indication of the prosperous condition of the dairy industry 

 both in Russia proper and Siberia. In this connection it 

 maybe of interest to note that in recent years there has been 

 a great increase in the imports of Russian butter into the 



