2 GEORGE V. 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



A. 1912 



EEPORT OF THE POULTRY MANAGER. 



A. G. GILBERT. 



Ottawa, March 31, 1911. 



Dr. Wm. Saunders, C.M.G., 



Director, Dominion Experimental Farms, 

 Ottawa. 



Sir, — I have the honour of submitting to you herewith the twenty-third Annual 

 Report of the Poultry Division of the Central Experimental Farm. 



The subjects discussed in this report embrace several new features. One of the 

 most important of these is in connection with the marketing 1 of new-laid eggs and the 

 better quality of poultry to the better advantage of producer and consumer, by means 

 of egg circles, based on the co-operative principle. In several instances, these egg 

 circles have been in successful operation during the past year. Much of thei«r future 

 success depends upon careful and competent management. The rules governing these 

 circles, which are described in the following pages, should be of unusual interest to 

 farmers. 



The different subjects treated in this report may be enumerated as follows : — 



1. Official figures which show the rapidly increasing value of our home market. 



2. A growing, but more exacting, demand for strictly new-laid eggs, and the better 

 quality of poultry. 



3. The formation of a Dominion Poultry Association and egg circles in different 

 parts of the country, based on the co-operative principle. 



4. The classification of eggs and poultry and the grading of the same. 



5. Rules governing the establishment of co-operative associations or egg circles. 



6. The experimental work of the past year and results therefrom. 



I have to acknowledge the assistance of Mr. Fortier ill carrying on the experi- 

 mental work and compiling the different tables of results which will be found in their 

 proper places. He also acted as judge at the following fairs and poultry shows held 

 during the year, viz., L'Assomption, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Victoriaville, and Montreal, 

 in Quebec; and Toronto and Spencerville in Ontario. He addressed meetings at: 

 St. Valier, St. Adele, Papineauville, Maria, St. Jules, Carleton, Maria Cap, Nouvelle, 

 Bonaventure. Points Gatineau, Victoriaville and St. Gilles, in the province of Quebec. 

 He also visited the Experimental Station at Cap Rouge and the Macdonald College at 

 St. Anne de Bellevue, Que. A large and growing correspondence in French demanded 

 much of his time and attention. 



Mr. Summers left for England in the month of April last and was replaced by 

 Mr. "W. T. Scott, who has had a large experience in poultry keeping in different estab- 

 lishments in Canada and the United States. He has proved himself efficient in the 

 feeding of rations and management of breeding stock during the past winter, as also 

 in securing a satisfactory number of eggs during that season. 



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