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POULTRY AS FOOD. LOT 
Poultry, especially ducks and geese, has heretofore played a 
much larger part in the diet of Europeans than in that of people 
in the United States, but the demand for all kinds of poultry is 
constantly increasing in this country and the man who can pro- 
duce well-bred, well-dressed birds for our city markets has a 
good chance of profit. Within the last few years large poultry | 
farms have sprung up all about New York City, notably on 
Long Island, and are said to be very prosperous. Under the 
stimulus of the Experiment *Station at Kingston, R. I., not 
only the number but also the quality of the birds raised in that 
state has been decidedly improved, to the great advantage of 
the farmers. If Rhode Island, with about one-fifth as many 
farms as Connecticut, can produce about one-half as many 
chickens, two-thirds as many turkeys and ducks and twice as 
many geese with profit to the breeders, why should not Con-. 
necticut farmers be able to develop this branch of agriculture 
advantageously? ‘Table 26 shows how the poultry of various 
kinds is distributed through the counties of Connecticut. 
TABLE 26. 
Distribution of poultry by counties tn Connecticut. 



COUNTY. 
Chickens 
including 
Geese. 
Ducks. 
guinea fowl. 
Turkeys. 

Fairfield, - 196,842 | 1,860 580s eA Eeo 
iiatttord, . - £79.05 7 Was oe 293 1,869 
Mertchireld, - 143, 430>)-1, 320 159 1,415 
Middlesex, - 68,611 275 214 616 
161,647 380 Wak 3, Loo 
143,000 .|° 34 1304 7h, O76 1,846 
78 , 518 198 164 A74 
LOO, 503 17} 311 568 
1,073,026 | 7,717 |.3,530 | 14,100 
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Fairfield County appears to produce the largest number of 
birds, and next to it comes Hartford. Third in total numbers 
is New London County, but the latter leads in the number of 
turkeys and geese. Middlesex and Tolland Counties give the 
smallest showing, though it is hard to understand why birds 
might not be raised in them with as much success as in the 
neighboring counties of Hartford and New London. 
