Canadian Poultry.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2926, 16 June 1888, Page 3

Canadian Poultry.

' it is very surprising the sura of the aggregations in little things when they become very numerous. The smallest of our domestic pets, the fowls, are last becoming one of the mightiest factors in the nation's wealth, In 1880 the export of eggs from Canada to the United States alone was 14,109, '764 dozen, and the sum realised for them 1,89£),072d01, which, of course does not include a large sum from the sale of the poultry itself, and from sales to other countries. The number •V;.of turkeys has increased during the five years ending with 1880 no less than 70 per cent., and it is now highly probable that a flourishing trade in dead turkeys will soon be carried on between this and other countries. The Canadian export of fowls and their produce in 18SG exceeded the export of horses, although thdatter amounted to 2,128,G24d01, dol, went to the United States, and the balance, 121 head, valued at 19,279d01, went to Great Britain. So important does the industry appear in the eyes of the Dominion Government that they proposed at once to establish a poultry department in connection with the Experimental Farm at Ottawa. Experiments will be carried on in this department with a view of determining the relative value of the different breeds and crosses for the production of eggs and dressed poultry for the market.