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casses. The ancestry, the growth, the fattening, the man- 

 ner of killing, of scalding and of picking, the manner 

 of packing, the package, the filling material, all help to 

 make up that perfect product which reaches the market 

 just when and just as the market desires it; or that un- 

 desirable which figures so often in the market reports 

 at the very lowest price, and is lumped in with "Nearly 

 all lots arriving are poor in quality or condition" and 

 goes at a forced sale. You would be surprised to know 

 how often I heard the statement, so emphatic as to imply 

 that it was an end of argument, "They are not wanted," 

 in the course of a two-hour round of the commission 

 markets of New York City. You need to learn first of 

 all that to furnish what the market wants is the way to 

 competence. The market will pay highest rates and 

 more than the highest quoted rates for goods which are 

 the best grade of the kind of stuff it wants. This is why 

 country buyers throw out so much that is offered by 

 producers : they have learned the lesson. 



The Producers' Price-Current Supplement, of New 

 York, gives explicit instructions on all points. Having 

 found a Commission merchant whom he has full reason 

 to believe is reliable, the expecting shipper should write 

 him, asking the conditions of the market and special 

 instructions. He can have from this source stencils, 

 for marking, gratis. The Commission people prefer, al- 

 ways, the customer who will send regular shipments, so 

 that they may know something of what they have to 

 depend on. 



In turkeys, none should be dressed that weigh less 

 than seven pounds, in September. Later, eight pounds 

 should be the smallest. Thin, " framy " birds are al- 



