Another admirer of the Aberdeen-Angus, writing of stock in general,
pigs and horses as well as cattle, gives much evidence of the advance of Poland in agricultural matters ; and the desire of its farmers for English stock. There is long precedent for this sort of association between the two countries. It is recalled that Henry VIII bought his cream horses for Katherine of Aragon from Poland. A curious point about the country, if I may speak from my own slight know- ledge; is that it has repeated in some respects the history of Denmark. Co-operation there started with the introduction of the cream-separator ; and the same machine has exercised, though less saliently, the same influence in Poland. The country, again like Denmark, begins to do what all authorities urge on us in the production of pigs : it is attempting to create one or two standard types, which alone can enable the factories, co-operative or other, to turn out a uniform product.
W. BEACH Tnostes.
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