Show emu in russia the soviet authorities have started a scheme to populate the steppes of russia with australian enius emus preliminary experiments in this direction were begun under tinder die the first five year plan and they are now said to be satisfactory the emu having shown that it can withstand the cold winters of russia a as far north as moscow the official report of the new scheme points out that the emu Is a bird with edible flesh and that its eggs contain from GOO to grammes of nutritious food for the e moment however it Is intended not to eat the eggs but to use them for far hatching and special incubators have been constructed |