BRIEF REVIEW OF FOREIGN POULTRY KEEPING 



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which should be expected of a country where two of the greatest 

 egg breeds of to-day originated. The Leghorns and Anconas are 

 from the Italian peninsula. The northern part of the country is 

 especially suited to the work, as the agricultural districts are 

 divided into small farms. The soil and climatic conditions are 

 all that could be desired. There are movements toward coopera- 

 tion which should yield excellent results in the future. 



Austria- Hungary has made rapid strides, due largely to organ- 

 ization and cooperation in shipping and marketing. The lighter 



FIG. 29. A Danish egg-grading and packing room. Eggs 



excelsior. 



are packed in bulk, in nests of 



birds are predominant. It is stated by the Hungarian Poultry 

 Association that, of all branches of agriculture, poultry keeping is 

 best suited to the soil and climate of the country. The statements 

 are also made that Hungary exports as much value in poultry 

 products as in grain, and that poultry pays ten times as much as 

 any other branch of its agriculture. There is a great future ahead 

 in Hungary for poultry keeping. 



Russia is a great exporting country, owing to its large area, but 

 is backward in its methods and results. The fowls, as a rule, are 

 small and poorly bred. The majority are kept by peasants, and 

 the flocks are very small. From ten to twenty is the average num- 

 ber kept by one peasant. Under these conditions the eggs produced 



