Roasters. Should weigh from 5 to 10 Ib. or more at the end of the season. 

 They are sometimes classified as medium, small, and large roasters. 



Fowl. Embraces all other kinds of dressed poultry when marketed, whether 

 yearling (males or females) or more. 



SHIPPING LIVE POULTRY. 



For those who ship poultry alive, /whether it be for immediate killing or not, 

 overcrowding should be avoided. Overcrowding is not only cruel, but the stock 

 loses weight quickly, as well as deteriorating the quality of the meat. 



A suitable crate for shipping fowls alive. 



If coops were constructed of laths or slats on the top and sides the weight of 

 the coop would be very much lightened, and the stock could secure more fresh air. 

 If over fifteen head are to be shipped in one crate, a partition of slats will keep the 

 stock from huddling and sweating in one corner, which often means the total loss 

 of one or more birds from suffocation. 



Eighty cubic inches, at least, for mature light-weight varieties and 95 cubic 

 inches for mature heavy-weight varieties should be allowed for the most profitable 

 results. 



Sick poultry should not be marketed. It is the shipper who loses when sick 

 birds are shipped, and not the commission-man. 



CONCLUSION. 



There is no reason why the great figures telling our imports of poultry produce 

 should not be made smaller and our export figures larger from now on. 



A better system of standardization must be put into operation in the Province 

 ere long. The only true way to have such a system work successfully is by organiza- 

 tion. To have organization successful means the co-operation of all the poultrymen 

 and people interested in poultry-growing throughout the Province. 



Much has been accomplished along these lines, but each step must be taken 

 carefully. One must not forget that the market end of the business has to be 

 given consideration as well as the ranch itself. 



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