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rapid and systematic marketing of eggs from the 
congested districts. It is proposed to make arrange- 
Menicuenitiunas larce dealer in “the south to take as 
large a quantity as can be produced every week, and a 
group of crofters in a district would then undertake to supply 
the required number of guaranteed fresh eggs. One of the 
crofters, who should be somewhat skilled in sorting, packing, 
etc., would be employed to attend to this important matter; 
and the others would undertake in turn to carry the boxes of 
eggs,-empties, etc., toand from the station or steamboat pier. 
The purchaser would be able to rely on eggs ofa definite 
quality, and in time deliveries might become more frequent 
and a trade developed in new laid eggs. 
It is believed that much good would result if small associ- 
ations of this kind were locally formed, and that interest in 
improved breeds and methods would be stimulated, and much 
of the existing prejudice against poultry rearing as “‘ women’s 
work “would disappear. The Board are of opinion that 
enlightened self-interest would induce the producer to study 
things for himself, and that ifthe high rate of railway charges 
for the carriage of eggsis at present an obstacle, the railway 
companies will modify their rates if they see a steady traffic 
developing itself. 
AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS OF ARGENTINA. 
The exports from the Argentine Republic, which may be 
said to be exclusively of an agricultural character, chiefly 
comprise wheat, maize, linseed, weol, flour, hides, hay, 
mutton, cattle and sheep. The extent to which these com- 
modities were sent out of the country in 1898 and 1899 is 
shown in the table given below, and it appears from the 
returns given in the Review of the River Plate that the only 
other items of importance are sheep and goat skins, hair, 
