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months was 4s. Id. per head; for the second six 

 months 2s. 8d. per head ; and for the entire year just 

 over 3s. 4d. per head. The above figures, however, 

 represent all qualities, and it may be well to quote 

 returns given by Mr. Eew, as to the prices obtained 

 by " a large rearer and fattener who aims at maintain- 

 ing a high reputation for his chickens, and who, there- 

 fore, probably secured rather more than the average 

 prices at market": — 



H. d. 



It will be seen that the averages here represented are 

 considerably in excess of those given by the Messrs. 

 Brooke Bros., and may be taken as representing the 

 best qualities. If we take the mean value, it is to find 

 that the average for the first six months was 4s. lOd. 

 per head ; for the second six months 3s. l^i. per 

 head ; and for the entire year nearly 4s. 3d. per head. 

 This, of course, only represents a portion of the 

 trade, and I may be permitted to quote from some 

 figures which were given by me in the " Live Stock 

 Journal Almanack " for 1894, showing what is done in 



