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     fattened chickens. The number of pure-bred poultry, ac- 
     
     as regards chickens, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     cording to the last census, was 5,744 
     
     mainly of the Plymouth Rock, VVyandotte and Leghorn 
     
     breeds. A flourishing and highly remunerative trade in 
     
     dressed poultry is now being established with the Sydney 
     
     markets. 
     
    

    
     In 1841 there were on the farms of Prince Edward Island 
     
     9,861 horses, 41,915 neat cattle, 73,656 sheep and 35,521 
     
     hogs. In 1860 (as shewn by the census of 1861) there were 
     
     18,765 horses, 60,015 neat cattle, 107,242 sheep and 71,535 
     
     hogs. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     “ Prince Edward Island is exceedingly well adapted for cattle-feeding." 
     
    
   
   
    
     The number of live stock on the farms of Prince Edward 
     
     Island in 1901 was: horses, three years and over, 26,905; 
     
     under three years, 6,826; milch cows, 56,437; other horned 
     
     cattle, 56,342 ; sheep, 125,546 ; swine, 48,007 ; turkeys, 
     
     15,509; geese, 36,826; ducks, 13,436; hens and chickens, 
     
     515,399; and other fowls, 620. 
     
    

    
     As compared with the former census, there is a decrease 
     
     in horses under three years old, and in sheep (owing to the 
     
     substitution of fine-wooled breeds for coarse) ; but in all 
     
     other classes and in poultry there are increases. 
     
    

    
     Milch cows show a gain ol~ 10,588. and other horned 
     
     cattle of 10,496 : 23 per cent for each. The averages of live 
     
     stock per farm are : horses, 3 ; milch cows, 4 ; other horned 
     
     cattle, 4; sheep, 9; swine, 4 ; and poultry of all kinds, 43.