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for the table and for eggs are the BuiF 

 Orpmgton and the Faverolle ; and he practises 

 what he preaches, for on his own httle farm he 

 runs hens of these two breeds, every one of 

 which is reUgiously trap-nested when it lays. 



It is remarkable that, though there are 

 over two hundred poultry-keeping members 

 of the Society, there is not a single poultry- 

 farmer, pure and simple, in Street. The Street 

 man is far too shrewd to regard poultry as 

 anything but a side line. He never develops 

 from the poultry-keeper to the poultry -farmer. 



That a co-operative poultry society can be 

 started with very little capital is exemplified 

 by the history of the Street Society. The 

 share capital at the beginning stood at 

 £44 : 12 : 10. Now, even with its large turn- 

 over, the capital is only £534 : 17 : 6|. The 

 capital required by the individual member is 

 only 7s. 7d. The 7d. is for a rubber stamp 

 for marking eggs, 2s. for entrance fee, and 5s. 

 for one share. 



It has been a debatable point whether the 

 members of the Co-operative Society as poultry- 

 keepers at home succeed in making this side 

 industry pay. We know very well that as 

 members of a collective organisation, as 



