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running a retail route exclusively devoted to poultry 

 products. 



SPECIAL CITY TBADE. 



A poultry farm which seeks to supply eggs and 

 dressed chickens to hotels, restaurants, clubs, hospitals, 

 asylums, private schools, etc., can usually secure good 

 prices if equipped so that the quality and supply of its 

 products will be unfailing. 



Catering to such a demand calls for excellent busi- 

 ness qualities in the poultry man as well as first-class 

 goods for filling the orders. 



The poultry plant should be large and well equipped. 

 Its manager should be able to draw supplies from other 

 farms whenever an extra large order calls for more 

 goods than his plant can supply. 



RETAIL DEALERS. 



In the cities and large towns the leading grocers 

 and provision dealers will often be glad to pay cash at 

 prices a little above the market quotations for guaran- 

 teed prime poultry products regularly delivered. 



A good time to start in securing such a trade is dur- 

 ing the fall when fresh eggs are scarce and advancing in 

 price. 



By sending or delivering to the dealer a few samples 

 of his products and showing positively that a given quan- 

 tity will be regularly shipped, a bargain advantageous to 

 both parties may be made. 



By such an arrangement the producer avoids the 

 trouble of filling numerous small orders and also reduces 

 the expense of shipping and delivering. 



COMMISSION HOUSES. 



If the poultryman has not the time or inclination, or 

 is not equipped for catering to private families, hotels, 

 or retail dealers he may easily dispose of his products in 

 the general market. It is not difficult to consign the 

 eggs and chickens to a commission merchant and if the 



