316 MY POULTRY DAY BY DAY 
American supplies will doubtless cease when normal conditions 
return. 
AVERAGE VALUE OF ALL IMpoRTED Eccs 
Per gt. hd. Per gt. hd. 
Ss a s. a 
1898 ‘ : . . 5 10 I9gIo ? - 7 itt 
1900 : , : . 6 54 1913 ‘ . 8 10} 
1902 A : : - 6 J IQI5 ‘ - Ir mrd 
1906 ‘ - 7 6h 1916 : - 4 44 
Tt will o seen aie from 1898 to 19138, in pre-war periods, the 
advance in average values was 3s. 04d. per 120, or 51°78 per cent. ; 
and from 1918 to 1916, 5s. 6d. per 120, or 62°11 per cent. ; from 
1908 to 1916 the advance was 8s. 64d. per 120, or 146-07 per cent. 
As an indication of high prices obtained, especially for better 
quality eggs, the declared values in December, 1916, were : Danish, 
28s, 8d. per 120; Dutch, 27s. 73d. per 120; and all imports, 
18s, 2d. per 120. In the same period Egyptian were only 14s. 13d. 
per 120. 
QUANTITIES AND PERCENTAGES OF DEAD PouULTRY IMPORTED 
1918 1916 
Percentage Percentage Percentage of 
Quantities of total Quantities of total + Increase 
Cwts. quantities Cwts. quantities —- Decrease 
Russia - - 119,944 43°07 11,763 8°57 -go'1I9 
France eg . 31,175 Ir‘ig 7,443 5°42 - 76°12 
Austria-Hungary . 26,674 9°58 None _ — 100°00 
United States of 
America : 54,242 19°48 52,595 38°28 — 3°03 
Other Countries. 46,430 16°68 65,581 47°73 +4124 
Totals . 278,465 100°00 137,382 100°00 — 50°66 
Less re-exports 9,916 _ 5,728 _ _ 
Net . - 268,551 — 131,654 — — 50°97 
VALUES OF DEAD POULTRY IMPORTED 
1916 Percentage 
Totals Per cwt. Totals Per cwt. of increase 
Sa ai Ba de per cwt. 
Russia - 344,655 57 3+ 57,695 98 1 7122 
France. 142,256 QI 3 48,023 129 of 441 
Austria- -Hungary . 96,733 72 64 —_ —_ — 
United States of 
America . 211,429 78 of 262,023 99 7+ 27°62 
Other Countries . 159,467 68 54 268,245 81 of 19°47 
Totals - $954,540 68 7 £635,986 92 7 34°99 
Less re-exports 45,344 — 30,017 — _ 
Net « $999,196 _ £605,969 ee = 
