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BEST TIME TO SELL. 



The greatest market for dressed turkeys is Boston, but 

 it is more particular than Western and Southern market 

 centers. Yet the best goods sold at the right time will 

 always command the best prices in any market. W. H. 

 Kudd, Son & Co., one of the largest concerns in the turkey 

 and poultry commission business, in addition to the above 

 directions for packing and shipping, write : 



In years past few shipments of turkeys were received 

 on this market previous to Thanksgiving, but it has been 

 the aim of producers and shippers to make earlier ship- 

 ments each year, until at present we can say our season 

 for young, small turkeys ( "chicken turkeys, "so called) 

 opens in September. Some lots, in the vicinity of New- 

 port and other celebrated shore resorts, are offered as 

 chicken turkeys to broil, as early as August ; but the gen- 

 eral market is not supplied until the middle of September. 

 There is, at this time, a very limited demand for a few 

 small turkeys to broil, but the market is overstocked with 

 this grade after a few shipments have arrived, and shippers 

 are advised to send none dressing under eight pounds 

 each. The majority of early shipments are from Indiana, 

 Southern Illinois and Ohio, and the market generally opens 

 at twenty to twenty-five cents per pound, but is dependent, 

 in a few days, on the supply and demand, an oversupply 

 sometimes forcing the market, in October, to very low 

 figures. Shipments from Vermont and New Hampshire, 

 the early part of October, have for the last few years held 

 Suite steady at twenty cents for large nine- or ten-pound 

 turkeys, and as at this time they need not be drawn or 

 headed, it is quite profitable to the raiser to make early 

 shipments. Stock, at this season, should be ice packed, 

 and the bulk from Western points are packed in barrels. 



The early part of November, Kentucky commences 

 shipments to our market, and the quality of stock from 

 this State has shown a great improvement in the past three 



