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Vor. IV. *

- Pamphlet No. 7, of the Poultry Division, of the Dominion Depart-

interesting, No other articles of food have:shown such an increase

the phenomena, but contents bitiself with proving that it ig go and

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Canada in past years has imported more poultry and more eggs
than she has exported, Her production has materially increased,
but.it has failed to keep pace with the consumption. In twenty.
years the egg production developed from 64,499,241 dozen to 123,-
071,034 dozen, but the consumption increased from 11.8 per capita
to 17.39. That is to say the individual fohdness for eggs increased
over fifty per cent. The popnlation grew in those twenty years, or
from 1899 to 1911, according to the census, from.4, 883,239 tg 7,204, -
838, an increase of 2,371,599, and the egg production mounted up
58,571,798 dozen. In spite of this fact, and although the exports
fell about to zero, 2,878,640 dozen had to beimported. In the same
time the number of poultry in Canada grew from 12,696,701 to’
29,548,728. Here again, the imports exceeded the-exports to the
amount of $111,696, ° ne -

_ Last year, the excess of imports of eggs over exports reached
the enormous total of 11,150,106 dozen, while of poultry in 1914 we
exported in value $209,370, but we imported $406,366, a difference
against as of $199,996, ‘There figures, striking ag they. are, and
almost impossible as they seem, are yet official, being taken from

ment of Agriculture, entitled, “The Egg and Poultry Situation in-
Canada, with aotes upon the possible effect of the war upon the
Development of the Industry,’? by W. A. Brown, B.S. A., MvS.,
and. can be verified on application for the pamphlet to the Publica-
tions Branch, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, 0 OP

The statistics given in the pamphlet: are both phenamenal-and

in popularity.. -At the same time prices yenerally-have increased
and been well sustained. Mr. Brown does not undertake to explain

that the increase in every particular is common ‘to all the provinces,
He also gives:particulars of imports of ‘poultry into.Great Britain,
which in 1913 amounted in value ‘to $5,411,684, of which. Russia
supplied $1,640,823, the United States $999,890, Austria Hungary
$470,767, Italy $410,902, China 219,472, Egypt $180,200, Holland
$121,739, Belgium $108,268, Norway $68,960, Germany $58,005 and.

Canada seemingly, nil,

From the foregoing figures and the general condition of things}.

in Europe, Mr. Brown arrives at the conclusion that Britain:will

. this year be short of eggs and poultry to the amount of a million]:

and a half of dollars, or of eggs alone to the sum of one huridred
million dozen. Every ‘Canadian’ producer-should endeavor, there-
fore, to produce this year more and better:éggs, and poultry than

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