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Show RUSSIA PROGRESSING .Record Breaking Shipments of American Ameri-can Harvesting Machinery. NEW YORK, Dec. S. Record-break ing exports of agricultural machinery, it is said, are about to be made to Russia by tho International Harvester com panv. Nine chartered steamships will bo dis patched to the Black and Baltic sea ports. British, Swedish and Norwegian vessels will be employed. Tho first ves isel is scheduled to sail next week. In addition to these complete ship 'loads, enrgos will bo forwnrded by reg sular lino bouts, which will bring up the total shipments to North and South '.Russia to close to 100,000 tons this sea i8on. This will mean the loading of :nearly 3000 oars of material, representing represent-ing n value of fully $5,000,000. Six entire cargoes of reapers, mow era, harvesters, rakes, etc., will bo for-jw.irded for-jw.irded to Odessa and Novorossisk on the Black sea. |