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The Poultry Industry in America. [nov., 



The Board are informed through the Foreign Office that the 

 importation and transit of cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs from 

 Great Britain into or through Austria can 

 Live Stock Q^]y ^^y.^ place by special permission from 

 Import Reffula- , ^ ^^r. • r ^ ■ ^. • 



•(;jQjjg^ Austria- Austrian Mmistry of Agriculture. 1 nis 



Hungary. permission must be obtained in each indi- 

 vidual case, and is subject to the special 

 conditions to be laid down by the Ministry of Agriculture. In 

 applying for permission for importation or transit, the country 

 of origin, species, number, and destination of the animals mu^t 

 be indicated, as well as the frontier stations by which they will 

 pass. 



There does not appear to be anything to prevent animals im- 

 ported into Austria on the conditions above mentioned from 

 being subsequently forwarded to Hungary without the necessity 

 for obtaining a further permit from the Hungarian Ministry of 

 Agriculture. 



The conditions of the poultry industry in Great Britain are 



Jiot identical with those of Canada and the United States, but 



there are many directions in which the 



The Poultry practices which have been found success- 

 Industry m ^ , . , , 

 America.* ^^^^ latter countries may well be 



considered by the British farmer. With 

 the view of obtaining first-hand information as to the conditions 

 of the poultry business in America, Mr. Edward Biown, of 

 Reading University College, was recently deputed by the 

 National Poultry Organisation Society to visit the Eastern 

 sections of the Dominion and the RepubUc, and his report gives 

 an interesting and valuable account of the American and 

 Canadian methods of egg production, incubation, feeding, fatten- 

 ing, &c. 



Without attempting to give a complete summary of the 

 report, some of Mr. Brown's conclusions and observations on 

 special points will be of interest. 



Mr. Brown considers that the cost of production is less in the 

 United Kingdom than in America, any advantage in respect to 



* "Report on the Poultry Industry in America," by Edward Brown, F.L.S. 

 National Poultry Organisation Society, 12, Hanover Square, W. Price is. 



