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In a publication issued by the Italian Foreign Office 
dealing with the internal trade and re- 
Egg Yolk from 
Italy. sources of that country, itis stated in con- 
nection with the export tradein eggs that 
a system which is now adopted to some extent is to get rid 
of the shell and pack the interior of the egg—white and yolk 
together—in air-tight vessels or drums containing each 1,000 
eggs. Great care is taken to ensure the eggs being fresh 
and to exclude the air, as one bad egg spoils all the remainder 
and renders the consignment unsaleable. The new system 
has the advantage of removing the risk of breakage, and is 
also preferred by the pastry-cooks for whose use they are 
intended At present these eggs are sent in the first instance 
to egg merchants, who reseli them ; but attention is directed 
to the advantages of sending them direct to the buyer, and 
thus dispensing with the services of the middleman. 
Neither the trade returns of the United Kingdom nor of 
Italy specify the quantity of egg-yoik thus exported to 
this country, but the value of the total consignments of this 
article received here from abroad amounted in SOT WO AT ou.e 
aMCuimMEnSOS tO) 411,732). 

According to the French “Revue de Statistique ” of the 18th 
March the production of cider in France 
Beene during 1899 amounted to 458,392,000 
Production of 
Ciderinig99. gallons. It appears that the Depart- 
ments of Ile-et-Vilaine, Manche, and 
Cétes-du-Nord furnished respectively 20°3 per cent., 13°4 per 
cent., and 1o0°8 per cent. of the total, the next Departments in 
order of importance were Eure, Sarthe, and Orne, which 
each furnished over five per cent. 

The Agent-General for Queensland, 1, Victoria Street, 
Agricultural S.W.., states that enquiries are frequently 
Machinery received by the Queensland Department 
for Australia. .\5 Agriculture, from farmers and others» 
for the names of the leading agricultural implement and 
