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The Poultry Industry in Germany, [april, 



bring its value up to 6d., when double the duty — viz., 5 cents 

 per lb., would be charged on it if sent to America, and thus 

 it would cost the buyer 8Jd. per lb., against unwashed 

 4|d.+2j cents (ijd.) = 5jd., and unwashed will be much 

 cheaper than 8JcL washed, as may be gathered from Tables 

 I., II., and III. 



In districts where the sale of wool is effected through local 

 staplers, i.e., by the latter paying visits to the farmer and 

 purchasing his wool on the spot, the necessity for getting 

 up the commodity in a clean and attractive manner is not 

 perhaps so obvious; but where the, in many cases, more 

 advantageous system of marketing wool obtains by selling by 

 auction at local wool sales, the greatest care in preparing it 

 for market is a sine qua non if top prices are to be realised. 



THE POULTRY INDUSTRY IN GERMANY. 



Among European countries, Germany possesses, so far 

 as is known, the largest total number of poultry, though not 

 the largest number per acre. The following table, taken 

 from the Agricultural Statistics, 1907, Part IV., gives par- 

 ticulars for the six countries which have published returns 

 on this subject. 



The scope of the returns varies, but generally speaking 

 they are confined to poultry kept on farms, and do not include 

 those kept in towns or by persons occupying only small 

 quantities of land attached to their residences. 





Year. 



In Thousands. 



Fowls. 



Geese. 



Turkeys. 



Ducks. 



Denmark 



1903 





188 



58 



889 



France 



1892 



54,103 



3,520 



1,968 



3,684 



Germany 



1900 



55,396 



6,239 



351 



2,467 



Ireland 



1908 



17,663 



1,838 



i>°5i 



3,477 



Netherlands 



1904 



4,935 



• 34 



1 1 



433 



Norway 



1900 



1,640 



7 . 



4 



8 



It will be seen from this that according to the latest returns, 

 now some nine years old, Germany possessed 55,396,000 

 fowls, 6,239,000 geese, 351,000 turkeys, and 2,467,000 ducks. 

 In the case both of France and Germany, the figures repre- 



