FARM POULTRY. 



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over one thousand refrigerator cars. 



Both the production and consump- 

 tion of eggs in Canada is increasing, 

 but the consumption is increasing 

 much faster than the production. 

 Three years ago less than a million 

 dozen were imported, but each year 

 since, the quantity has practically 

 doubled. 



Imports of eggs into Canada from 

 the United States for the last four 

 years, are as follows: 



884,078 dozen during the fiscal 

 year ending March 31st, 1910. 

 2,378,640 dozen during the fiscal year 

 ending March 31st, 1911. 7,552,248 

 dozen during the fiscal year ending 

 March 31st, 1912. 13,240,111 dozen 

 during the fiscal year ending March 

 31st, 1913. 



Canada at one time exported eggs. 

 Eleven years ago during the fiscal 

 year ending June 30th, 1902, Canada 

 exported to England, 11,353,825 

 dozen. The consumption in 1913 



therefore exceeded that of 1902 by 

 approximately 25 million dozen. Of 

 course, the population of Canada in- 

 creased, in that time, but when it is 

 considered that the poultry popula- 

 tion has increased proportionately is 

 rapidly as the human population, it is 

 at once evident that today Canadians 

 are eating many more eggs than they 

 did ten years ago. There is undoubt- 

 edly, a great opportunity for farmers 

 and other producers to keep more 

 and better poultry, and to take ad- 

 vantage of the increasing demand 

 that there is for prime new-laid eggs. 



In addition to the distinct shortage 

 that is apparent in the Canadian egg 

 supply, there is an enormous loss and 

 shrinkage in farm eggs as nov/ mar- 

 keted. 



Eggs are a perishable food pro- 

 duct, and the fact that they deterior- 

 ate rapidly is evidently often over- 

 looked by producers, buyers, mer- 

 chants and even consumers. Eggs 



Correct Method of Packing for Shipment. 



