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NATURAL RESOURCES OF QUEBEC

Swine Raising.—The bacon industry is. practically as yet undeveloped
 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, producing
 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 furfarming.
 The silver fox is the chief animal raised in captivity although