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of dairying it is taken as including poultry and pig rearing, so as to 

 get the best returns from the waste products, and in order to give 

 some idea of the profits that may be obtained in these lines, the 

 following are the wholesale quotations for dairy produce at the date 

 of writing, January, 1898 : 



Bacon, lod. to is. per Ib. ; rolls, is. ; flitches, io[,d. ; hams, is. 

 to is 2d. ; butter, in bulk, is. 2d., in half pounds, is. 4d. to is. yd. 

 if the brand is favourably known ; cheese, gd. to 9^d. ; eggs, 2s. 6d. 

 to 2s. Qd. per doz. ; fowls, 6^. 6d. to 73. 6d. per pair ; ducks, 73. to 

 8s. per pair ; turkeys, 143. to 255. per couple. 



From the foregoing it will be seen that there is a large margin 

 for profit, and that the rearing and selling of a few pigs and poultry 

 alone would keep the household expenses going. 



