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REPORT OF THE SCOTTISS COMMISSION 



pure birds at 3s. to 5s. each. All eggs sold for hatching are from 

 hens with a good laying record, and, to accomplish this, trap nests 

 are used by means of which a record of each hen's eggs can be 

 kept. This Association holds poultry exhibitions in connexion 

 with the leading agricultural shows throughout the country, and 

 gives valuable prizes for a small entrance fee. The Government 



AT THE EGG EXPORT SOCIETY : COPENHAGEN 



gives an annual grant of £350 to further the general aims of this 

 Association, and further adds a half to the sum offered in prizes 

 at the shows. Another similar society, called the "Society for 

 Agricultural Poultry Breeding," has been established seven years, 

 and has a membership of 4000 with thirty centres for the distribu- 

 tion of pure eggs for hatching at 3s. a dozen, and pure fowls at 

 38. to 5s. each. This Society issues a paper fortnightly called 

 The Poultry Yard, and holds poultry exhibitions in connection 

 with the leading agricultural shows. The Government gives this 

 Society £250 a year, and also adds a half to the sum offered in 

 prizes at the shows. 



Very little attention is paid to the breeding of show or fancy 

 points. The chief aim of all is rather to produce a breed of hens 



