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should be a net profit of lis., or £27 

 upon the flock. Although account must be 

 taken of the smaller weights attained by a 

 certain number of the birds and their conse- 

 quent failure to reach the average price, we 

 have suggested that birds weighing 20 lb. 

 and upwards would realise more. A 20 lb. 

 cockerel, for example, is worth 15d. per lb., 

 whereas birds weighing 23 to 25 lb. are worth 

 16d. to 18d. per lb., and in the experience 

 of the writer there has been for many 

 years past a much greater demand for 

 birds of this size than has been met by 

 the supply. 



