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within certain limits, being immaterial. On the Continent, 

 speaking generally, horses are smaller than in England, and 

 weight is a very important condition, whilst real finish is 

 not fully appreciated, and lowness of prime cost is all 

 important. American, German, and Swedish agricultural 

 machinery may not always be of as good material or as 

 well finished as English, but it satisfies ordinary foreign 

 requirements in the more important conditions of weight and 

 price, and consequently it drives English rivals out of the 

 market. 



[Foreign Office Reports, Annual Series, No. 417. Price 4^.] 



The Board of Agriculture have received information 



May 7th to October 9th, 1898. The following sections 

 are intended to be of an international character, and 

 will be open to foreign exhibitors: — (1) Machinery 

 and implements for agriculture and forestry ; (2) 

 Machinery and implements for agricultural industry; (3) 

 Dairy machinery and appliances ; (4) Fertilisers, feeding 

 stuffs, and chemical products for agriculture and forestal 

 purposes; (5) Veteiinary science; (6) Agricultural improve- 

 ments, building, and engineering ; (7) Agricultural and 

 forestal education, research work, statistics, and literature. 

 There will also be temporary international exhibitions of 

 poultry, birds, and dogs. 



Forms of entry and detailed programmes can be obtained 

 from the committee of the exhibition, at 1, Herrengasse 13, 

 Vienna, and intending exhibitors must forward their appli- 

 cations for space to the committee not later than June 30th, 



Agricultural 

 Exhibition at 

 Vienna. 



through the Foreign Office that an ex- 

 hibition of agriculture and forestry will 

 be held at Vienna, by the Imperial 

 and Royal Agricultural Society, from 



1897. 



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