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MARKETING THE PRODUCTS 



to be the highest. With some products it is practically impossible 

 to make any profit out of season. 



Ultimate Price Regulation. — The New York markets for eggs 

 and dressed poultry, owing to the vast quantities received, fix, 

 in greater or less degree, the price of these products in a large 

 part of the countr}^ The general public, and rural communities 

 especially, know very little about the regulation of these prices. 



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This comparison first determined by Professor James E. Rice, Cornell University. 



Fig. 194. — Curves showing the relation of temperature to the selling price of eggs. 

 The heavy black line represents temperature, and the light lines variation in wholesale 

 prices for market eggs for four years, from 1885 to 1910. Since 1916 the price has continually 

 risen until in 1920 the December peak exceeded $1.00 per dozen. 



Small egg shippers all over the country speak of the " market 

 price " without knowing how or where it originates. 



The Mercantile Exchange of New York City has a membership 

 of several hundred men, all of whom are interested in the buying 

 and selling of poultry and dairy products (Fig. 195) . Membership 

 is quite exclusive, and only men of sound financial standing and 

 good business reputation are invited to join. Here at ten o'clock 

 every business day the members gather to buy and sell these pro- 

 ducts in quantity. From the business here transacted, the dealers 



