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not only sending sucli birds to the English markets, 

 lout from supplying their own with this most desirable 

 meat ? Mr. Charles W. Armour, the head of the Armour 

 packing company, in an interview on this subject pub- 

 lished in the Kansas City Star of December 1, 1901, 

 stated that "the American people will pay more for 

 good food than any other people in the world." This 

 is a significant statement from a man engaged in 

 supplying the world with meat food. All that the 

 American people need is a taste of this kind of poultry 

 and the demand will exceed the supply. 



When this demand sets in there will be a wide 

 divergence in price between the thin and the finished 

 stock. The best will go higher, the poor lower. While 

 the thin chicken will always find a sale at some price 

 to the falters, the greasy ones will go begging for 

 buyers. 



Canada lias for several years been developing 

 rapidly along this line. England naturally looks to her 

 colonies first for wliat she needs and they are prompt 

 to act on any suggestions from the mother country, 

 and foster such industries as are susceptible of develop- 

 ment on their soil. At Ottawa, Ont., Truro, N. S., 

 and Bondville, Que., the fattening of poultry for 

 the London market is carried on- extensively under 

 government supervisio'n, and they have standing orders 

 for greater cpiantities than they can possibly supply. 



The climate of England is somewhat unsuited to 

 poultry culture, being exceedingly damp and wet. 

 Large poultry farms such as exist in this country are 

 unknown there. While I believe it possible for those 

 schooled in our methods of artificial incubation, brooding 

 and rearing to adapt these methods to English climate 

 and conditions, it remains to be done. There is no 

 limit to the quantity this country can produce. We can 

 supply every demand the foreign and home markets 



