856 



Table I. — Counties and Niunber of Stations. 



Counties. 



England. 



Ko. o f 

 Stations. 



Berkshire ... 

 Buckingham 

 Chester 



Cuiriberland and Westmorland.. 

 Cornwall ... 



Derby 



Dorset 



Durham 



Gloucester 

 Hampshire 

 Hereford ... 



Hertford 



Kent 



Leicester ... 



Lincolnshire (Kesteven) 



„ (Lindsev) ... 



Norfolk ' 



Northampton 

 Northumberland ... 



Counticit. 



Nottingham 

 Staffordshire 

 Surrey 



Sussex (East) 

 Suffolk (East) ... 

 Shropshire 

 Warwick ... 

 Wiltshire ... 

 Worcester 

 Yorkshire ... 



Wale 



Anglesey ... 

 Brecon and Radnor 

 Cardigan ... 

 Carmarthen 

 Carnarvon 

 Denbigh and Flint 

 Montgomery 

 Monmouth 

 Pembroke... 



Table II. — Number of Stations. 

 Egg Stations. ( 'omhincit Egg (tnd Chick Stations. Chick Stations. 

 121 39 8 



No. of 

 Stoiioii^. 

 ... 3 

 ... 5 

 ... 4 

 ... 4 

 ... 4 

 ... 4 

 ... 2 

 ... 7 

 ... 2 

 ... 2t> 



... 5 

 ... 3 

 ... 1 

 ... 6 



2 

 7 

 2 

 2 



... 3 



Total. 

 168 



Table III. — Numher of Eygs and Chicks Disirlhuted. 



Eggs. Chicks. Total. 



Cotta<jers and Others. Cottagers aiul Others. 



Smallholders. Smallholders. Eggs. Chicks. 



118,328 23,283 20,201 733 141^611 20,934 



Table IY. — Prices to Applicants awl Premiums to Stationholders. 



Price per Doz. Preniiuvi per Doz. 



Eggs. Chicks. Eggs. Chicks. 



5/6 to 7/6 12/- to 15/- 1/- to 3/- 4/- to 5/- 



It will be seen from Table I that only a few Stations have been 

 established in some counties, and that there is considerable 

 scope for the Scheme to be extended. 



Some of the most backward areas with regard to the keeping 

 of poultry upon modern commercial lines are least well served 

 with Stations; instances are Northumberland and Dorset. In 

 Somerset the Scheme has not been taken up, while in Wales 

 there is considerable need for development. • Carnarvon and Car- 

 digan, two important counties, are poorly served, and the Scheme 

 has not been taken up in Merioneth and Glamorgan. 



It will be noticed from Table III that the type of poultry 

 keepers who most require encouragement, namel}^ small holders 

 and cottasjers, are receivinp: first attention. The demand for 

 day-old chicks is far more difficult to meet than that for sittings 



