Tiie Illustrated Bock of Poultry. 
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Mr. Punchard states a curious fact. About 1872 — 6 a great impetus was given to poultry keeping 
in the district by large numbers of pheasants being reared annually, in consequence of which there 
was a great demand for clucking hens, which realised 2s. 6d. and 3s. each. The bad times have 
checked this, but the low price of corn has continued the stimulus and maintained poultry-breeding 
The hotels of the Lake District are also a stimulus ; but it is worth noticing that some hotels have 
yards or small poultry farms of their own. These replies have not been included in the general 
summary, as they would have over-weighted it in some directions. 
Ireland also has been excepted from the general summary, because she stands alone in being 
really an exporting country (Scotland, on the other hand, notwithstanding her sparse population, 
does not supply her own wants, but imports largely). There is no doubt that the Irish export is 
chiefly dim to the predominance of small holdings, in consequence of which the number of 
poultry per acre far exceeds anything that can be cited from any single county in England. 
Search has been made in vain for any very recent statistics of value ; but going back no further 
than 1876, we have figures absolutely unimpeachable in Professor Baldwin’s report of that year in 
connection with the prizes offered by Earl Spencer for the best-cultivated small farms. With the 
undeniable improvement effected by these prizes we have here no concern, but simply extract from 
Professor Baldwin’s tables the columns giving acreages and stock of the farms in two districts. 
The “ draught animals” are asses in nearly every case. 
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