THE POULTRY INDUSTRY IN 1916 817 
In the month of December poultry imports were only 7684 ewt., 
as against 88,059 cwt. in the same period of 1918, a decrease of 
91:27 per cent. Values were respectively: December, 1918, 
74s. 4d. per cwt.; 1916, 184s. 11d. per cwt., an increase of 81°5 
per cent. 
Tue Exports of PouLtry PRopUCE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM wERE— 
1918 1916 
Quantities Values Quantities Values 
Alive, number - ‘ + 54,249 £27,820 4,004 £5,532 
Dead, cwt. - és : 2,270 10,805 986 4,892 
Total : : ; _ £38,625 — £10,424. 
The declared values of live poultry have always appeared to be 
greatly understated, so that there is an improvement in that 
respect. In 1918 these were 10s. per bird; in 1916, 27s. 7d. 
Before the war we preached continuously the need for largely 
enhanced home production. Great though that was at the period 
named, the above statistics prove that the importance has advanced 
a hundredfold, especially in anticipation of after-war conditions, 
when it is improbable that we shall ever see the imports of eggs and 
poultry attain their former levels. 
