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viceable crate that would carry dressed poultry with safety during hot 

 weather. 



The type of crate here shown (Figs. 99, 100, 101 and 102) has been 

 used for several years to ship both eggs and dressed poultry several hun- 

 dred miles by two express companies during the hot summer months. 

 Both eggs and dressed poultry have been carried in the same crate in 

 perfect order. 



The advantage of a crate which can be used for both eggs and 

 dressed poultry, or for either poultry or eggs alone, is apparent. The 

 producer is enabled to supply each customer with both poultry and eggs 

 instead of either one alone. It is of equal advantage to the consumer to 

 be able to secure his or her 

 poultry and eggs direct 

 from the farm. 



The profit is consider- 

 able when the prices se- 

 cured from a good private 

 trade are compared with 

 wholesale prices for similar 

 products sold in the same 

 city. The consumer not 

 only is willing to pay the 

 highest retail store price 

 for poultry products ship- 

 ped direct from the farm, 

 but frequently will pay 



Fig. 105. — TIte sanitary uater-pan, showing th 

 small space open for entrance of liter. 



(after his taste has been educated) a large premium on account of the 

 superior quality and regularity of supply. The retail store price for the 



best eggs in the large cities is 

 five cents to twenty cents per 

 dozen above the wholesale 

 quotation for similar eggs. 

 There is about the same dif- 

 ference in the price per pound 

 for the best dressed poultry. 

 If the difference be 10 cents 

 per dozen for eggs or 10 cents 

 per pound for poultry and the 

 egg yield per hen be estimated 

 at ten dozen marketable eggs 

 Fig. 106.— The oil barrel in position. The gj. g^j. ^„j ^he dressed 

 astral oil gives better results than the ^ •' 



standard ISO test. weight of a fowl be five 



