London, Jan, 27.
Some interesting particulars sre contained in a report made by the Imperial Economic Committee on the subject of egos and poultry.
It fg stated that while this country produces nearly half of the ces which it consumes, it spen= the year 1925, no less than £19,000, on imported eggs and £2,250, imported poultry from Empire and foreign sources, Tne country requires annually somewhere about 5,700,000,000 exxs. Out of every thousand eggs which it consumed in 1925, 483 were produced at home and five came from the Trish Free State, five each from Canada and South Africa and three from Australia. There were 460 of foreign origin distributed chiefly as follows: from China 188, Denmark 121, Russia 47, the Netherlands 35, Egypt and Poland 22 each, Belgium. 21, Italy 11, Lativa and Lithoania together 11'and Argentina nine, It is evident, therefore, states the report, that there is "room for voluntary preference on the part of home consumers in favour of Empire eggs. It adds that, whore-fas just before war plied 50 per cent, of the imported cogs and Denmark 20 per cent, now Russia, Letiva and Lithuania send only @ small proportion, whilst Denmark, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium and China have substantial. ly increased their share and, taken, together, represent 20 per cent. of the trade from foreign countries.
The displacement of Russia by Denmark, the Netherlands and Belgium involves more than the substitution of one source of supply for another. Eges coming from these three countries are scene rally superior in quality grading to those which were received from Russia pre-War days and command prices in London comparable with those of English eggs. A further reduction of marketing and the ex:
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