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pound for his poultry products because he knows how to 

 deliver these products in a way that is attractive to the 

 best buyers. When you go to market watch with the 

 utmost care how those poultry men who get the fancy 

 prices, market their goods. Not only imitate the best 

 methods, but make the best better. 



There is a great deal to be learned, too, in getting eggs 

 ready for the market so as to satisfy the most exacting 



MODERN POULTRY HOUSE AND YARD. 



tastes of the best consumers. The eggs should be sorted 

 for color and size, cleaned and shipped in suitable cases. 

 If a producer desires to preserve his eggs in water glass, 

 which is done by using one part of the water glass to ten 

 of water, that is his private affair; but if he places these 

 preserved eggs on the market as fresh eggs then the affair 

 becomes a matter of public concern. The producer will 

 soon learn that honesty is the best policy in the egg 

 market as well as in any other. Clean the fresh eggs 

 thoroughly with warm water. If they are so stained as 

 to make cleaning impossible, keep them for home use. 



