POULTRY INDUSTRY
Sir, —The number of poultry farms going out of production lately is very noticeable. Still another is advertised this week, and more are pending. It is not surprising, as, under present costs, eggs definitely do not pay. It is six weeks since there was an increase in price; and whereas the present prices were representative of the position then, they certainly are not now. Six weeks at this time of the year makes a great difference in the egg yield. Hens are resting, and beginning the moult, and the daily total of early December has dropped by more than a third. When prices are falling they do so weekly at 4d a time; but they rise at the rate of ljd or 2d, and only every three or four weeks. The results of this policy will be seen next winter, when eggs will probably reach a new “low” in production.—Yours, etc., DODO. January 14, 1947.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25083, 15 January 1947, Page 5
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