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lished that year at our agricultural college, and the 1913 prices 

 were obtained from our local dealers on ton lots. It is evident 

 from these figures that the prices have almost doubled in the 

 last fifteen years. 



In regard to the prices of eggs and dressed poultry, we found 

 the following quoted in " Farm Poultry " for the month of 

 November, 1898: — 



Eggs (fresh), 26 to 28 cents per dozen. 



Dressed poultry, 13 and 14 cents per pound. 



Tor the year 1913 the following prices were obtained at the 

 Boston markets, on the eighteenth day of last November : — 



Eggs (fresh), 59 to 60 cents per dozen. 



Poultry, 20 to 22 cents per pound. 



From this it is seen that eggs have practically doubled in 

 price in the last fifteen years, but that dressed poultry has not. 



This comparison, on the whole, is not a very fair one, be- 

 cause Ave are taking the price of eggs when they are the highest 

 of any period of the year, and poultry prices when they are 

 the lowest, l^ecause at this time the market is flooded with all 

 kinds of roasters, including hens, chickens, cocks, etc. This 

 surplus is dumped upon the market for whatever it will bring. 



ClIIOKENS IN THE CoRN FlELT). 



In huskinff and weiahins; the corn taken from one row across 

 our patch at the college poultry plant this season, we found 

 that the yield was 58 bushels per acre. We considered this 

 an excellent showing, because corn was on the same ground 

 last year, and the only fertilizer we used was about $1 worth 

 of potash per acre. Poultry ran on the ground both last year 

 and this. Furthermore, part of the land was cultivated oidy 

 once during the season and the remainder only twice. Not 

 a weed was to be found in the corn field at any time. The 

 chicks were quite large when the corn was planted, and they 

 were allowed to run on the land while it Avas coming up, but 

 did not injure it at all, although some of them were about tAvo 

 months old at that time. There is no better place for raising 



