30 



Market. 



UNIV. OF N. H. AGR. EXPERIMENT STATION 



POULTRY. 



[Bulletin 217 



The coiisuiiiption of eggs in Cheshire County exceeds the production. 

 During the year ending September 30, 1924, the stores purchased 353,900 

 dozen eggs from outside markets. Eighty-five per cent of these receipts, 

 however, came in during the six-months period from August to January, 

 inclusive, and some eggs were shipped out during tlie season of heavy 

 production in the spring and early summer. 



Adjustment to home market demands means a change in the time of 

 local production. Dividing the year into two six-months periods, the 

 production and sale of eggs and receipts from outside of the county are 

 shown in Table VII. 



The farm sale of eggs from x^ugust to January could be increased nearly 

 200 per cent and still only furnish the demands of local consumers. 



This adjustment of local production to local consumption, however, 

 is never likely to be very close. It is probable that storage eggs would 

 be shipped in during the fall and winter months regardless of the amount 



CENTS 



PER 

 DOZEN 



80 



Fig. 8. 



NEARBY HENNERY EGG PRICES 



AT KEENE, N. H. AND BOSTON. MASS. 



AVERAGE MONTHLY, 1921-1924 



1924 



