The Maritime Provinces 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Brunswick. Although Prince Edward Island 
     
     has the least production it enjoys inter-provincial 
     
     trading to better advantage because of its com- 
     
     paratively small population. New Brunswick 
     
     and Nova Scotia on the other hand depend upon 
     
     Prince Edward Island and central Canada for 
     
     a large part of their egg supply. In 1929 the 
     
     federal Live Stock Branch inspected 46,785 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Barred Plymouth Rocks, a Preferred Breed in the Maritimes 
     
    
   
   
    
     cases of eggs (30 dozen per case) for inter- 
     
     provincial shipment from Prince Edward Island, 
     
     in addition to 1,599 cases for export. 
     
    

    
     The poultry industries of all three provinces 
     
     are served by energetic and well organized 
     
     co-operative societies. The Prince Edward 
     
     Island Co-operative Egg and Poultry Exchange 
     
     is one of the oldest and most successful pro- 
     
     ducers’ associations in North America. The 
     
     associations in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia 
     
     are of more recent origin and two years ago 
     
     were amalgamated into the Maritime Co-opera- 
     
     tive Egg and Poultry Exchange. 
     
    
   
   
    
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