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APPENDIX. 



" The consumption of eggs, at Paris, is estimated a 

 100,000,000 of eggs a-year." 



Everywhere in. France, it is stated, poultry is abund- 

 ant and cheap, and eggs form an important article of 

 diet. M. Legrand, a member of the French Statistical 

 Society, says " The consumption of eggs in Paris is cal- 

 culated at 115 eggs per head, or 101,052,400. The 

 consumption in other parts of France may be reckoned 

 at double this rate, as in many parts of the country 

 dishes composed of eggs and milk are the principal 

 items in all the rneals. The consumption of eggs for 

 the whole kingdom, including the capital, is estimated at 

 7,231,160,000; add to this number those exported, and 

 those necessary for reproduction, and it will result that 

 7,380,925,000 eggs were laid in France during the year 

 1835." 



" The exportations from France, in 1835, were as 

 follows : 



To England, . 76,190,120 



" Belgium, .... 60,800 



" United States, . 49,696 



" Switzerland, . . . 49,260 



" Spain, . . . 34,800 



" Other parts of the world, . 306,304 



The total amount of the exportation of that year was 

 3,829,284 francs ($76,800). France is essentially a 

 fowl-keeping country. The farms, owing to the system 

 of subdivision of landed property among the sons of a 

 proprietor at his decease are small, and poultry consti- 

 tutes a profitable stock upon them, especially as they 

 will feed but few cattle. Around every farm house, 

 troops of poultry are to be seen. They swarm every- 

 where, and the markets of every town are abundantly 

 supplied. Much breed does not exist in any of them, 

 but in some parts considerable attention is paid to their 

 rearing. There is a peculiar variety in the peninsula 

 of Caux in great esteem. The fowls of this district are 

 fattened, in the envions of Barbezieux, La Fleche, and 

 especially Mons, for the tables of the luxurious. 



The following interesting statistical remarks are taken 



