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Show lEDlfiD en DID! II GREAT SERVICE FDD IIELID I mmm The condition of Ireland durinc the elphtles of the lust century was deplorable de-plorable Failure oi crops hnd led to famine in many cliflincis, ami political action WM very BtrenuOUB, as that was the period of the land league. H WM ai this period Edward Brown, F. L, s, of London, England, who la to i II Ogden on M;i) 7, undertook. In association asso-ciation with tin ret ki Freeman of Dublin, Ireland, his first freal commission. com-mission. At that time the export of eggs and poultry to Great Britain from Ireland was in value about eight million mil-lion dollars The methods, howevt r, of production and i marketing, and the breeds of fowls kept were deplorable deplor-able Mr. Brown visited even district of Ireland, studying local conditions and j possibilities, after whic h he wrote a I series of articles Indicating how Im-j proement might be made, which j were afterwards issued In book form1 and received high praise from the gre.ii statesman, W. E. (Hailstone. Al- I so. that work led to a lifelong membership mem-bership With Lord and Ladv Aberdeen, with whom Mr Hiwn has frequently frequent-ly stayed as guest. As an indication of the value of this remarkable piece of work, in which Mr. Brown was pioneer, the exports' of eggfl and poultry from Ireland have! advanced to upwards of forty million dollars per annum I'pon his sugges- I tion. the first breeding stations In the world Mere established by public authorities au-thorities in Ireland which method has led to vast Improvement in Btoch and has lifted the whole Industry on to a higher plane. The oxaraple has been Widely followed all over Europe. |