ig flock: 



(a) On farms where there is a laying 



( 1 ) bulk feed for layers 



( 2 ) bagged feed for a few weeks for replacements carried on 

 side racks of bulk truck 



(3) bulk feed for replacements after a few weeks. 



(b) On farms where meat production predominates: 



(1) bagged feed for a few weeks out of the nearest store, 

 and worked into regular routes 



(2) bulk feed after a few weeks. 



Table 28. Cumulative and Weekly Feed Consumption for Selected Meat Chicken Flock Sizes 



In conclusion, it might be well to point out that the trend toward larger 

 units will progressively enlarge the "potential market" for bulk feed, other 

 things remaining equal. Also, any appraisal of the current situation relates 

 to equipment, methods and conditions now in existence, and new innova- 

 tions that will have their impact on this issue. 



Advantages and Disadvantages to the Dealer 



Bulk feed, where it can be introduced within the conditions set forth 

 in the preceding section, results in simplification of the marketing channels 

 for grain-feeds. In Figure 11 there are diagrammed the steps involved in 

 the marketing of grain-feeds in New Hampshire, as observed in the study. 

 In some other areas, bulk feed is shipped in railroad cars and at desti- 

 nation stored in bins or taken off directly onto trucks, but that method had 

 not yet made its appearance in the State at the time of writing. Here, bulk 

 feed thus far moves mostly directly from mill to producer via truck, except 

 in some instances where bagged feed is emptied into bulk trucks in the 

 absence of local milling of a particular brand. With the method of bulk 



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