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Poultry Keeping in Fruit Plantations, [july, 



as quite his own. He was successful in winning with a pen 

 of these birds a prize at one of the Daily Mail Egg-laying 

 Competitions at Bentley last autumn, four birds laying 286 

 eggs in the four winter months commencing ist October, 

 1919. 



The head of poultry on the holding on ist November, of each 

 year, belonging to Mr. Hall, Sen., with their value, was as 

 follows : — 





Cocks 









Total 





Date. 



and 



Hens. 



Pullets. Chickens. No. of 



Value. 





Cockerels. 









Birds. 



£ s. d. 



Nov. ist, 1 91 4 



.. 14 



67 



71 



nil 



I 52 



22 13 6 



1915 



12 



90 



50 



256 



408 



4840 



1916 



.. 58 



71 



241 



172 



542 



96 ] I 6 



1917 



. . 20 



115 



109 



nil 



244 



49 10 



1918 



15 



106 



83 



81 



285 



48 10 



1919 



.. 23 



168 



122 



84 



397 



73 18 



Average of 6 years 24 



103 



113 



99 



339 



£5^ 3 1 2 



The cocks, cockerels and pullets have been valued every 

 year at 5s. per head, and the hens at 3s. per head. The chickens 

 have been valued at different prices according to their sizes, 

 the average price being is. 6d. per head on ist November, 

 1915, IS. 4d. per head in 1916, 2S. per head in 1918, and 3s. per 

 head in 1919. 



The number of eggs sold for domestic purposes each year, 

 with the average price per dozen, has been as follows : — 



Season. 



No. of Eggs 



Average Price 



Total Receipt. 



sold. 



per Dozen. 







s. d. 



I s. d. 



1914-15 



14.231 



19.. 



104 3 9 



1 91 5-1 6 



18,142 



19.. 



134 7 7 



1916-17 



26,545 



28.. 



274 3 4 



1 91 7-1 8 



17,168 



4 3 



3T0 2 5 



1 91 8-1 9 



22,675 



45.. 



417 4 6 



Total for 5 years 



98,761 





;^1.240 I 7 



Average per annum 



19.752 



32.. 



248 4 



The prices realised have varied considerably from month to 

 month and from year to year, according to the market price 

 of eggs. Some of them have been sold wholesale, and others 

 retail. The highest price realised w^as 8s. ^d. per dozen in 

 October and 8s. 6d. per dozen in November, 1918, and the 

 average price throughout the five years has been 3s. 2d. per 

 dozen. 



