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business has seemed to pay better. They have felt incline;! to put the 

 entire time on raising chickens. However, there is a demand for over a 

 quarter of a million pounds of turkey that are now shipped in. 



Seasonal Distribution of Poultry Purchases by One Company 

 IN Concord and railroad receipts at fabyan, n.h, 1925 



PER CENT 



15 



10 



JAN. FEB.- MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT OCT NOV. DEC. 



BU"t»ll 0( to" tCO«IO''1CS 1] S OtPf •« 



Figure 18— Railroad receipts of poultry at Fabyan indicate the distribution of 

 demand by summer hotels. 



Eggs 



About 40 per cent of the eggs purchased by stores, camps and hotels 

 in the state as a Vhole were produced by local farmers, as shown in Table 

 XIV. In upper Coos county, however, only about 20 per cent of the 

 eggs purchased were produced locally. The city of Berlin in this district, 

 with no large farm area to draw on, bought 95 per cent from outside. 

 District 4, which is largely rural, purchased about 60 per cent from farm- 

 ers. On the other hand, in the Merrimac Valley district only about 35 

 per cent were purchased locally. Even where there is a surplus of eggs 

 and large quantities are shipped out, some eggs are usually shipped in. 

 This situation is due no doubt to the ability of the commercial plant opera- 

 tor to secure a special high-class market to the south. It would also seem 

 as if the larger cities shipped in a larger proportion of eggs than small 

 cities in the same district. This may be due to the effect of the chain 

 store system, which is able to distribute western and storage eggs as well 

 as shipped-in fresh eggs. The problem of egg production to supply the 

 demand in New Hampshire markets is partially a marketing one. In the 

 northern part of the state there is probably an actual deficiency of pro- 

 duction, but it is doubtful if the prices offered would look attractive 

 enough to encourage production on a commercial scale. A portion at 

 least of the demand is for storage eggs. The southern part of the state is 

 a surplus-producing region and a large volume of eggs are shipped to better 



