Economic Position of Poultry Indt-stry. 



45^ 



As an indication of values of ogj^s and poultry, the following 

 index figures of prices, taken from the Weekly Market Returns 

 of the Ministry of Agriculture for certain months of the years 

 ] 913-1919, are given. 



INDEX NUMBERS OF LONDON PRICES. 





















1913. 



1914. 



1915. 



1916. 



1917. 



1918. 



1919. 



February ... 



100 



100 



125 



142 



208 



324 



430 



May 



100 



100 



120 



147 



211 



378 



350 



August 



100 



105 



122 



153 



210 



3GG 



335 



November ... 



100 



106 



120 

 Poultry. 



155 



197 



324 



2G4 



February ... 



100 



99 



97 



115 



132 



220 



211 



May 



100 



100 



107 



128 



141 



252 



*212 



August 



100 



95 



103 



127 



14G 



24G 



224 



November ... 



100 



89 



108 



128 



157 



225 



212 



The main factors in the increased prices of eggs and poultry, 

 especially the former, are the great decrease of imported supplies ► 

 The following table, prepared from figures given in the Trado 

 and Navigation Returns of the Board of Trade, gives the relative 

 quantities of eggs and poultry imported in 1913 and 1919 respec- 

 tively. In 1918 overseas supplies of eggs were about half the 

 quantity of the imports during 1919. 



Imports. 



E<j(jx, ill TJiov sands of 

 Coniiti'ij. Gt-. Jlandred.-i* Poultry^ dead (in civt.). 





1913. 



1919. 



1913. 



1919. 



Russia 



11,453 





119,944 



8 



Denmark 



4,2(35 



1,638 







Germany 



514 









Netherlands 



977 









France 



702 



6 



31,175 



3.083 



Italy 



84G 









Austria-Hungary 



884 





2G.()74 





U.S. of America 



('» 



1.409 



54,242 



100.512 



Kgypt 



1.09.; 









Canada ... 



2 



1,477 







OtherCountries... 



835 



355 



4(>,430 



43,9G4 





21,580 



5.G44 

 73-8 



278,4(;5 



147,507 



Decrease per cent. 







47-0 



* A great hundred of e'/gs = 120. 



