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of forces will follow, which, if rightly used, should make for more 
rapid progress than hitherto. Further, some societies have been 
founded which promise to perform notable and valuable work, 
a healthy sign of progress. 
So far as prospects are concerned, the signs are that the policy 
to be adopted is for all who possibly can do so to keep even a few 
fowls for supply of their household requirements, for specialists 
to hold on to the fullest extent, for breeders to hatch a largely 
increased number of birds for stock purposes, and for farmers of 
every grade to extend their operations two to four fold. Prices 
of eggs and poultry will assuredly continue high as compared with 
former times, and ere long we may hope to see a marked decline 
in the cost of feeding stuffs, even though not reaching the level of 
past years. 
In dealing with the Trade and Navigation Returns for 1916 
comparisons are for obvious reasons made with 1913. The 
following tables show figures for the two years :— 
ToTtaL Imports oF EGGs AND POULTRY 
Quensnes ee 
ol NC ‘ees 2 ues 
1913 : : . 2,589,594,000 9,590,602 
1916 : 3 . 792,769,320 4,741,401 
Total decrease 1,796,824,680 £4,849,201 
Percentage decrease 69°03 50°56 
Quantities of 
Dead Poultry Values 
Cwt. & 
1913 . : : 278,465 954,540 
1916 . . . 137,382 635,986 
Total decrease . 141,083 £318,554 
Percentage decrease 50°66 33°37 
Advances in relative values are indicated by the differences 
in percentage decreases between quantities and values. The 
following tables give details as to sources of supply :— 
