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10 page illustrated article from a rare 1901 Victorian periodical - the article is entitled "Fowls for the London Market"
A very interesting article discussing the work undertaken to get chickens, poultry to the market at Smithfield in London 

Several illustrations by John Finnemore including

Feeding chickens

Collecting from the farms

Plucking

Singeing

Breaking the breast

Ready for packing

Packing for market

Catching the midnight train

Section headings includes information comparing the industries of several countries costs, storage, processes etc

England's backwardness

Russia

France

Canada

Ireland

England

People mentioned include

Mr E Brown Secretary to the NPOS

Mr Walsh Duck farmer

Mr C E Brooke past master of Poulterers company

Captain Wiggins

Please note this listing is for genuine actual pages extracted from a scarce disbound  magazine, there are no covers. Some articles may include the ending or beginning of other articles.Whilst the images show the article in its still bound state, the article will be sent as loose pages. Some pages may be showing signs of foxing / browning due to the age of the paper

I have indexed many antique periodicals with detail of, peoples names, places & subjects included. When I find duplicate issues in poor condition I list the articles on ebay. If you are searching for a particular family history related person, subject, place etc, please let me know and I will search my database for any relevant entries


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