Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1911 — 24,000,000 HENS IN IRELAND [ARTICLE]

24,000,000 HENS IN IRELAND

Figures Given Out at Dublin Poultry Conference Show Large Gains— Becoming Second Denmark. Dublin. —Astonishing facts relating to Irish land development have come to light in connection with the poultry conference here. Figures, have been complied showing that the country possesses more than 24,000,000 hens and 250,000 goats. It Is * exporting near £4,000,000 ($20,000,000) worth of poultry produce, while England imports £7,000,000 ((36,000,000) worth of eggs. Ireland, according to these figures, Is becoming a second Denmark. The Increase In poultry Is due principally to the establishment' of co-operative depots, which have steadily multiplied. The recently started society called the United Irish Women is rapidly becoming a force In the development of agriculture, and It Is believed that the efforts of the organisation will result In a greatly rodneed emigration.