Imports of Breeding Cattle into Cuba. 



In addition, the Office of Experiment Stations had an appro- 

 priation of £7,000. The stations employed 669 persons in the 

 work of administration and enquiry, and during 1898 they 

 published 406 annual reports and bulletins, in addition to a 

 number of Press bulletins, which were widely reproduced in 

 the agricultural and county papers. 



According to a circular issued by the War Department at 

 Imports of Washington, Santa Cruz and Matanzas 

 Breeding* Cattle are added to the list of ports in Cuba 

 into Cuba. where pure bred bulls and cows for breed- 

 ing purposes may be admitted free of duty. 



The German Consul at Cuzco reports that there exists in 

 Opening" for Peru a good demand for agricultural 

 Agricultural machinery suitable for small concerns in 

 Machinery in Peru, the interior of that country. These 

 machines, he says, have to be arranged in small sections 

 in order to enable them to be made up in packages not over 

 165 pounds in weight for transportation on muies' backs. 

 Manufacturers should say in their lists whether the respective 

 machines are suitable for mule transportation or not, and 

 give exact weights of the different sections. This is a point 

 of great importance, and cannot be sufficiently impressed 

 upon manufacturers' minds. 



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