BRIEF REVIEW OF FOREIGN POULTRY KEEPING 39 
which should be expected of a country where two of the greatest 
egg breeds of to-day originated. The Leghorns and Anconas are 
from the Italian peninsula. The northern part of the country is 
especially suited to the work, as the agricultural districts are 
divided into small farms. The soil and climatic conditions are 
all that could be desired. There are movements toward codpera- 
tion which should yield excellent results in the future. 
Austria- Hungary has made rapid strides, due largely to organ- 
ization and codperation in shipping and marketing. The lighter 
Fia. 29.—A Danish egg-grading and DARE TORS: Eggs are packed in bulk, in nests of 
excelsior. 
birds are predominant. It is stated by the Hungarian Poultry 
Association that, of all branches of agriculture, poultry keeping is 
best suited to the soil and climate of the country. The statements 
are also made that Hungary exports as much value in poultry 
products as in grain, and that poultry pays ten times as much as 
any other branch of its agriculture. There is a great future ahead 
in Hungary for poultry keeping. 
Russia is a great exporting country, owing to its large area, but 
is backward in its methods and results. The fowls, as a rule, are 
small and poorly bred. The majority are kept by peasants, and 
the flocks are very small. From ten to twenty is the average num- 
ber kept by one peasant. Under these conditions the eggs produced 
