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THE BELGIAN POULTRY INDUSTRY. [March 1896, 



neighbourhood have built hen-houses for the accommodation of from 50 

 to 100 Italian hens. 



The same principle of division of labour has been applied to raising 

 fowls for the table in the neighbourhood of Brussels. Farmers there do 

 no more than raise the fowls of the Malines and Coucou breed, and 

 then sell them in the markets of Malines and Merchtem to others who 

 make a business of fattening them for the table. 



