474 Production of Wool in Great Britain, [nov., 



the company and the carriers on the basis of 20s. per ton, 

 inclusive of prompt delivery to market at the London 

 end. By conveying the poultry in large lots the carriers, 

 and consequently the producers of small as well as large 

 quantities, obtain the full advantage of the railway company's 

 special concession in favour of this particular local trade, in 

 connection with which they have drawn out a special tariff. 

 This tariff commences with a rate for the first cwt. of 2s., 

 which finally becomes halved in the 15s. rate for 15 cwt., so 

 that it is safe to say that practically the whole output pays no 

 more than is. per cwt. for conveyance by rail. Independent 

 consignments forwarded by passenger train otherwise than in 

 the special vans are charged at ordinary passenger rates and 

 delivery charges. 



The regular poultry vans leave the local stations in the 

 evening, and the pads of dead poultry are delivered in London 

 in time for the following early morning markets. This out- 

 ward traffic in fattened fowls, collected and forwarded by the 

 recognised carriers, approximates to a total weight of 2,200 tons 

 per annum. 



THE PRODUCTION OF WOOL IN GREAT BRITAIN. 



In view of the renewed importance which the recovery in 

 price in recent years has given to the supply of British wool, 

 and having regard to representations received as to the de- 

 ficiency of official information on the subject, the Board have 

 thought it desirable to make an attempt to obtain more definite 

 particulars than have hitherto been available of the production 

 of wool by different breeds of sheep throughout the country. 

 The assistance of its Agricultural Correspondents and Market 

 Reporters, as well as of a large number of flock-masters and 

 wool buyers in different localities, was invoked, and a con- 

 siderable amount of information has been received. This has 

 now been printed as a separate Report, and may be obtained 

 from Wyman & Sons, Limited, Fetter Lane, E.C. Price 4^. 



County Returns. — The estimates made by flock-masters 

 throughout Great Britain of the yield of wool in their own locali- 

 ties form the basis of the estimate, and figures are given of the 

 average weight of the fleece and total quantity of wool produced 

 for each county, and of the estimated average weight per fleece 



