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and so long as no effort is put forth to properly pre- 

 pare them for market this state of things will continue. 

 I see no reason why almost every county in Britain 

 should not have fattening establishments, thus supply- 

 ing its own needs. 



Eeference has been made to Mr. E. Henry Eew's 

 report to the Eoyal Commission on Agriculture,''' by 

 which official impress is given to facts only known to 

 a few before, and it is to be hoped that this valuable 

 report will be widely read and studied. Several 

 instances are given as to the economic results of 

 poultry rearing and fattening which are most sugges- 

 tive, but one of these will suffice : — 



" One of the most noteworthy instances which came 

 under my notice was that of a young man whose farm 

 of twenty-seven acres I visited. He had just pur- 

 chased the holding and had been in possession about 

 six months. He was thirty- three years of age and 

 started life as a labourer. He struck me as being 

 unusually intelligent, thrifty, and hard-working — in fact 

 he attributed his success entirely to unremitting work. 

 Every day, he said, week in and week out, he worked 

 as long as- there was daylight. But he formed a 

 striking example of what can be done by means of 

 poultry, for he began with rearing a few fowls, gradu- 

 ally increased his stock, and then started fattening, 

 and so step by step, attained his present independent 

 position. He had at the time of my visit a large 



* Report by Mr. E. Henry Eew (Assistant Commissioner) on 

 the " Poultry Rearing and Fattening Industry of the Heathfield 

 District of Sussex." London : Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1894, 

 Price 3d, 



