22 NOTES ON AGRICULTURE IN CYPRUS 



which should be placed by the Government at the breeders' 

 disposal." 1 



Both jennets and mules, indiscriminately called 

 " mularia," are largely used for transport purposes 

 throughout the Island, and perform practically all the 

 carting work of the country, but, as explained, the jennet 

 is regarded as greatly the superior animal. 



Poultry 



The ordinary barn-door fowl is met with in Cyprus, 

 as everywhere else. The local breed is a mixture of all 

 the various races which have been imported by private 

 persons for many years past. The most general types met 

 with resemble the Leghorn and Ancona breeds. 



The Island, owing to its climate and its corn production, 

 is admirably suited to the poultry industry, and a sure 

 and profitable market in Egypt can always be relied on. 

 Something has been done of late years by the introduction 

 of Wyandottes, Langshans and Orpingtons which have 

 been bred by the Agricultural Department. 



Proper poultry management among the villagers is 

 practically unknown, and until regulations can be made 

 enforceable by law for the control of poultry diseases and 

 for the disposal of diseased carcases, poultry keepers will 

 continue to suffer heavy losses and the industry will not 

 prosper. 2 Lectures on poultry-keeping have been instituted 

 in the districts by the Agricultural Department, and it is 

 hoped that these may arouse some interest and lead to 

 improvement. 



Given the necessary guidance and control, the industry 

 should have a good future before it. 



Turkeys are very plentiful and, except in the hills, are 

 seen in nearly every village. There are three varieties the 

 bronze, by far the most general, the white, and a dark 

 brown kind which is not common. 



Ducks and geese do well at Kythrea, but elsewhere are 



1 Report by Captain Goodchild, Remount Department, E.E.F., when 

 visiting Cyprus in 1916 and 1917 to purchase mules and donkeys for army 

 purposes. 



2 Legislation in this direction has been effected during the session of the 

 Legislative Council just ended. (Law No. VII of 1919.) 



