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POULTRY BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT 



often do as well by shipping to the retail stores as in any 

 other way. 



Hotel and Restaurant Trade. There is no reason why 

 the producers should not be able to furnish the hotel and 

 restaurant trade where they have the quantity and quality 

 of eggs. "Why it is not now done more largely is due 

 primarily to a lack of business management on the part of 

 producers more than anything else. If the producer has 

 the quality and quantity he should go to the best hotels and 

 restaurants and endeavor to find a market. 



Parcel Post Shipments. It has been fairly well demon- 

 strated that market eggs may be shipped successfully by 

 parcel post. By a recent ruling of the post office depart- 

 ment packages weighing as much as 50 pounds may be sent 

 by mail. The main objection to parcel post shipments has 

 been that the cost of the container 

 or parcel has been too great to 

 admit of a profit being made. Dif- 

 f e r e n t manufacturers, however, 

 have been at work on the problem, 

 and containers may now be ob- 

 tained at prices that are within 

 reach. It is not expected that a 

 profit can be made by the producer 

 unless he can get a little higher 

 price for the eggs than is paid for 

 second grade eggs in the city. The 

 producer in working up a parcel 

 post trade must cater to that class 

 of consumers who wish eggs of su- 

 perior quality and are willing to 

 THE CARRIER pay more for them than for eggs 



The rural mail carrier takes of inferior quality. The consumer 



the eggs from the farm to the . , -. ,, . 



post-office. is able to secure in this way eggs 



