48 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY

POULTRY RAISING.

Poultry raising, an important branch of general farming, is gradually
developing in British Columbia, but many farmers do not realize the profit
which can be made by combining fruit growing and poultry raising. Dur-
ing the years 1904 to 1908 there has been a steady rise in the average price
for eggs; in 1904 it was 30 cents; in 1908, 40 cents per dozen. The lowest
price in 1907 was 25 cents, the highest in 1908, 90 cents per dozen. In 1909
the average price reached 50 cents in some parts of the province. Fresh
handled eggs in Victoria during 1908 were 78,900 dozen; imported eastern
eggs, 45,000 dozen. In 1908 the value of eggs and poultry imported into
the province was about $1,500,000. In 1909 the importations of eggs and
poultry amounted to $2,467,715. Fowls bring from $5 to $8 per dozen,
chickens $4 to $7; ducks $5 to $11; geese, $1 to $2 each; and turkeys from
25 to 35 cents per pound. as

A Pen of Barred Rocks.

A practical poultry raiser who has made a success of the business on
Vancouver Island, says: ‘‘I have no hesitation in saying that there are
good profits in the business if conducted on a strictly commercial basis.
In fact, I know of no other branch of agriculture which is so profitable,
having in view the amount of capital to be invested and the expense of
conducting it. Properly managed in any number poultry ought to reap
a profit of at least $1 per head per annum.”

Actual experience shows that the business is very profitable. In a
recent report to the department of agriculture a well known farmer, resid-
ing at Colquitz, Vancouver Island, gives the following results from 150
hens in the year 1905: