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NATURAL RESOURCES OF QUEBEC 
Swine Raising.—The bacon industry is. practically as yet unde- 
veloped in the Eastern Townships It is only within the last few years that 
serious attention has been given to the production of bacon for export. 
In addition to its strategic situation in relation to the European and United 
States markets, the province of Quebec has, at Montreal, the greatest 
local market in Canada. 
Poultry Raising.—Despite its rather rigorous winter climate, the 
province has a thriving and profitable poultry industry. The growth 
»f urban centres of population in recent years has contributed much to 
the prosperity of this industry. The monks of the Agricultural Institute 
Modern poultry house in Quebec 
at Oka have developed a new breed of chickens, the Chantecler, especially 
adapted to withstand a cold climate. The number of poultry of all kinds 
in the province increased from 3,537,860 in 1920 to 7,762,000 in 1927. 
In the former year the value of poultry was $4,947,400, as compared with 
$8,724,000 in 1927. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics estimates that 
there were 5,557,500 egg-producing hens in the province in 1927, pro- 
ducing 37.054,000 dozen eggs, valued at $12,227,820. 
Fur Farming.—The climate of Quebec with its cold winters is 
admirably adapted to raising fur-bearing animals, and this province was 
one of the first to experiment in the comparatively new industry of fur- 
farming. The silver fox is the chief animal raised in captivity although