1230 



Incubating Stations. 



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So keen is the demand for chicks and stock birds that 

 although the supply to each applicant is strictly limited, 

 applications for the whole of the output could be booked 

 twelve months in advance. 



The success of this Station has, without doubt, been due 

 largely to the capable management of Miss Stanton, the 

 manageress, and to the interest shown in her work by, and the 

 practical support which she has leceivedfrom, the Agricultural 

 Organiser. Numbers of visitors call at the Station for advice^ 

 and there is much evidence of the value of the assistance 

 given in the work which is being done in the county. 



The produce disposed of from this Station in the four years 

 since its formation in 191 6 has been as follows : — 

 Eggs for Stock 



Hatching. Chicks. Birds, Produce for Table. 



1,824 4*763 461 £157 75. 3^. (3 years' 



figures.) 



The normal capacity of the Stations can be reckoned only 

 at 1,200 chicks and 100 stock birds annually for distribution. 



Carnarvon Station. — This Station was unsuccessful, and the 

 work was discontinued the second season. 



Denbigh Station. — This Station was started at Lleweni Hall 

 in 1 91 7, two acres of land being given up to the poultry. At 

 fu:st the birds were all penned, but during late summer and 

 autumn many of th^ birds were placed on free range on the 

 farm. The land was Very wet and the site badly placed for 

 demonstration purposes and the desptach of produce. Very 

 good work was done in 191 8, but at the conclusion of the 

 season it was deemed advisable to move to another site. 



This Station is now situated a mile from Denbigh on a 

 holding of three acres of very suitable land. A small cottage 

 has been rented to provide an incubation room and office 

 accommodation. Owing to the removal of the Station and 

 the illness of the manageress, who eventually had to resign 

 owing to ill health, little could be done in the way of distribu- 

 tion this year (191 9), but the Station is in a good condition for 

 work during the coming season. 



Cheshire.— At this Station the poultry occupy less than 2 

 acres of ground enclosed with netting, and although located 

 on a farm of 400 acres these advantages are of little value in 

 the placing of the birds on free range, owing to the risk of 

 losses from foxes. 



The land is very wet, with a heavy soil, and although the 

 pens have been moved to a fresh site, the conditions are not 



