CHAPTEK XI. 



MARKKTI.\G TABLK POULTRY. 



It would be of no service producing any article of 

 commerce unless we can place it where the natural 

 return for our skill and labour is obtainable. Thus in 

 every branch of industrialism, whether agricultural or 

 manufacturing, the question of marketing is of great 

 importance. I am inclined to the opinion that many 

 of the troubles which affect rural pursuits are largely 

 due to a lack of attention to this question. It has 

 been pointed out previously that whilst in this country 

 we have been content largely to run on lines which, 

 however suitable to the conditions of a generation or 

 two ago, are altogether unfitted to the circumstances 

 of these times. And in this connection it must be 

 borne in mind that foreign producers have learnt the 

 necessity and value of proper organisation. Isolation 

 is fatal to success in any industry where production is 

 widely divided. Many instances could l)o cited in 

 proof of this statement, but the fact is so obvious as 

 to make it at once accepted. Wherever poultry keep- 

 ing is a success, whether in relation to eggs or table 



