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cents a dozen more than those marketed in the ordinary hit or miss 

 manner. Fresh candled eggs are usually from two to five cents per 

 dozen higher on the market than the ordinary run of eggs, and it will 

 pay the farmers to organize themselves into local poultry associations 

 for the purpose of marketing their poultry products in the manner 

 suggested above, and whether you ship direct to the consumer in some 

 city or whether you sell to your local poultry dealer, it will pay you 

 to use some care in preparing and marketing your poultry and eggs. 



MARKETING POULTRY. 



There is a constant and increasing demand throughout the year 

 for all kinds of live or dressed poultry. The demand for first-class 

 poultry is never supplied and the consumer is willing to pay the price 

 if he can get a good article. 



Loading a car of poultry 



'nt to an eastern market. 



HINDRANCES TO MARKET POULTRY. 



The hindrances can be summed up as follows : 



1. Scrubby stock. All raise pure bred poultry. 



2. Bad houses. 



3. Improper feed, water and care. 



4. Poultry not fat; thin and blue breasted. 



5. Marketing sick poultry. 



6. Staggy males, males which have been kept until they were 

 too old to bring best prices. 



7. Runts and culls. 



8. Small breeds. 



9. Filthy quarters. 



10. Lice and mites. 



What would you think of a farmer who had a lot of fat hogs and 

 a few stockers among them, who would drive them to a lot and pick 

 out all the .extra fat hogs and keep them at home and ship all the poor, 

 runty hogs he had on the farm and then expect to top the market 

 with his runts. There is just as much sense in doing that as there is in 



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