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affect the type of farming. White eggs in New York and 

 Philadelphia regularly sell for about 3 to 15 cents a dozen 

 above the price of brown eggs. In Boston the brown 

 eggs bring more. For this reason, nearly all farmers 

 who give much attention to poultry and who ship eggs to 

 New York keep White Leghorn hens. Some other 

 breeds are kept, but these are in the great majority. 

 This involves many other changes. The breeds that lay 

 white eggs are not very good for meat, nor are they good 

 for raising chickens without incubators. 



The Boston market prefers green asparagus ; the New 

 York market prefers it white. This results in level cul- 

 ture for Boston and ridged culture for the New York 

 market. Such illustrations might be multiplied indefi- 

 nitely. They all have more or less effect on the type of 

 farming. 



61. Supplying the local market. Many small towns, 

 particularly in the grain and cotton regions, are short of 

 vegetables, fruit, and milk. These conditions often give 

 a chance for some man, who has little capital and who is 

 willing to work hard, to make a good profit by following a 

 type of farming entirely different from the general type 

 to which the region is adapted. Conditions may be such 

 that a profitable fruit or vegetable business could not 

 possibly develop on the basis of shipment from the region, 

 yet such a business may pay very well until the local 

 market is supplied. 1 



If a product is not grown locally, its wholesale price 

 must be that of the nearest general market plus commis- 

 sions and freight. But if produce is shipped out of the 

 region, its local wholesale price will be that of the general 

 market, less freight and selling charges. Thus, so long as 



i U. S. Dept. Agr., Farmers' Bulletin 325. 



