BRITISH POULTRY INDUSTRY
What is the value or the British poultry industry? The reliable estimates of Sir Edward Brown, who this year has had the collaboration of Major lan Macdougall, secretary of the National Poultry Council, places the value of the eggs and poultry consumed at £43,500,000. Sir Edward Brown and Major Macdougall classify their estimates as follows: — £ Home production 30,000,405 Imports of eggs and poultry, Inclusive of eggs not. in shell, but exclusive of re-exports 13,593,133 Total wholesale consumption values 43,593,538 The poultry industry’s production actually exceeds that of grain-growing. This totals £27,000.000; wheat, £lO,500,000; oats, £10,500,000; and barley, £6,000,000.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 192, 11 May 1937, Page 13
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101BRITISH POULTRY INDUSTRY Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 192, 11 May 1937, Page 13
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