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We intend to breed elephants for the market. We shall establish Elephant Clubs and hold laying competitions, awarding blue ribbons for pure-bred Buff Orpington elephants and tartan ribbons for crossbreds.
We are driven to this, partly because of the economic depression and partly because, since the Colonial Exhibition in Paris, "The strange Oriental dishes of the Exhibition restaurants have created a taste for exotic food. Lion's flesh is in demand, and elephant's ears on toast."