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Title: The industries of Russia
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Russia. Ministerstvo finansov Crawford, John Martin, 1845-1916 Russia. Ministerstvo Gosudarstvennykh Imushchestv World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
Subjects: Trans-Siberian Railroad Mines and mineral resources Agriculture Forests and forestry
Publisher: St. Petersburg : (Trenke & Fusnot, printers)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ate. It is either negotiated on the spotor at fairs, of which the most considerable are in Kharkov, Ekaterinoslav, Kakhovka,Penza, Tambov and Warsaw; there is no control over the methods of dealers in thepurchase of wool. The Ministry of Imperial Domains, aided by the Kharkov Wool Com-pany, tried in 1885 to organize an auction sale for wool, but the experiment was notsupported by wool traders and therefore the effort was not repeated. The principalbuyers of wool, at fairs and on farms, are speculating wool traders, who always apprizethe qualities of wool at very low rates. This is the principal reason why sheep breedersare so indifferent about improving the quality of their sheep and the methods ofkeeping their flocks. Only in the regions of north-Caucasus and in the Tauride govern-ment, where wool is examined and bought by manufacturers or their agents on thespot, are the qualities of wool properly evaluated. Especially do agents from Odessa PIGS 4*. VA *-% Chapftf^Live Stock/Map N°
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Made in the Statistical Section of the Department ofArqwultur^ Canogaphical works A.Jlyne S.P.B Number of pigs in per cent of the total number of live stock. rn r_J Less than 5 J 10 J 0-15 15 20 20 and more LIVE STOCK. 221 and Rostov deal in this way. Being often in great want, sheep breeders take from thewool dealers money several months in advance. The high per cent, which the dealersexact from the farmers, is so ruinous to the latter that at the present time the Govern-ment proposes to offer to sheep breeders the privilege of securing advance money fortheir wool from the Government banks. The prices for merino wool have fallen consider-ably, and those for common, especially for the tsigaisk wool, have risen so that the lowgrades are nearly equal in value to the merino of medium quality. The export trade of live stock has in some points increased during late years,and in others decreased. A considerable increase is seen in the export of horses, whichfrom 1881 to 1890 grew threefold.

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