Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 362

17. Ein-Harod ............ 1,560 18. Kiryath-Anavim ............ 944 19. Tel-Joseph............... 1,820 20. Kfar-Ezekiel ............ 2,614 21. Kfar-Joshua ............ 1,240 22. Nahalal ............... 2,409 Total 25,416 6. Food for the Poultry. Most of the settlements supply about 70 per cent, of the food required for poultry, namely seeds, greens and skimmed milk. 7. Th capital for the establishment of poultry yards is required for coops, fencing, storing and various implements. A farmyard which breeds chickens must also have nurseries and incubators. The capital per head of fowl varies between 800 and 1,100 milles. It has been established that the expenses involved in the upkeep of a fowl, including deaths, etc., amount to 400 milles per head; on the other hand, the income per fowl is about 520 milles, so that the net income per fowl is 120 milles. 8. Consumption and Production. The consumption of eggs among Jews in Palestine at present is from 75-80 million per annum. The production of eggs in the settlements amounts to about 15 million, which does not satisfy the demand. The following table shows the number of eggs sold by the Tenuva in recent years. In 5691 the Tenuva sold 3,313,607 eggs for £P.12,258.816 „ 5692 „ „ 3,828,744 „ „ £P.15,568.204 „ 5693 „ ., 3,790,257 „ „ £P.15,722.269 „ 5694 „ „ 4,150,831 „ „ £P.18,826.145 The reason for the failure of this branch to keep pace with the increase of the Jewish population and its demands may be attributed mainly to> the diseases prevalent among the fowls, especially the degeneration of the Leghorn fowl (not only in Palestine but throughout the world). The settlements are now confronted with the problem of improving the breeds. 9. Imports. The import of eggs and fowls is increasing from year to year. The neighbouring countries, which have a low standard of living and which have no market for their own produce, sell their eggs very cheaply, and the Jewish farmer finds it difficult to compete with them. In 1931 they exported to Palestine 7,566,998 eggs for £P.15,913 „ 1932 „ „ 18,102,975 „ „ iP.34,625 „ 1933 „ „ 34,315,479 „ „ iP.63,245 „ 1934 ' „ „ 56,981,879 „ „ £P.105,633 770,325 head of poultry for meat were imported in 1934, and in the first three months of 1935—393,198. 362