Heavy-weight varieties have not been, too highly recommended in some parts 

 of the Province because of the difficulty one has had previously in marketing the 

 products other than eggs. With the increased prices of foodstuffs and the existing 

 scarcity of the same, there will ever be a growing demand for more and better- 

 dressed poultry. We feel that the 

 producer should be placed in touch 

 with the situation, thus instructing 

 the consumer to demand a better 

 grade of dressed poultry and help to 

 eliminate so much cold-storage stuff 

 from our markets, a goodly amount 

 of which is not produced in British 

 Columbia. 



CO-OPERATION. 



While the demand for dressed poul- 

 try and poultry products is growing, 

 there is an opening for the progres- 

 sive poultryman or a body of progres- 

 sive poultrymen to work together and 

 cater to a market which, when once 

 educated to the quality of good poul- 

 try products, will pay a premium to 

 the producer. The producer will thus 

 benefit himself, other producers of 

 good stock, the markets, and also the 

 consumers. 



There is very little profit for the 

 individual poultryman to fatten or 

 plum up his surplus stock for market, 

 but there is certainly a grand chance 

 for many of the small producers in 

 districts to combine and send their 

 stock to one centre. At this centre 

 the stock may be fattened and mar- 

 keted in a more uniform and attrac- 

 tive appearance. With an unlimited 

 amount of produce to market, there 

 is greater chance for selection and 

 grading than when there are only a 

 few dozen fowls to market or a few 

 dozen eggs to be sold. The Cowichan 

 Creamery, of Duncan, has done ex- 

 ceptionally good work in handling the 

 surplus stock for producers in that 

 vicinity. All its patrons are well 

 pleased with the results which have 

 been obtained. It is to be hoped that 

 several other of the associations will 

 combine together and market their 

 products on a business basis, whereby 

 they will also derive the many benefits 

 from co-operation. 



A cold-storage fowl. Notice the dried, 

 shrunken appearance. 



STOCK FOR MARKET POULTRY. 



All breeds and varieties are not suitable for market poultry, for there are 

 several which do not hold in combination within themselves the power to lay a 

 goodly number of eggs as well as being a nice table-fowl, although feeding has 

 much to do in the securing of a good marketable fowl. One must practise selection 



