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you have shipped him one or more boxes or barrels of dressed 

 poultry by freight or express, as the case may be. Always 

 take a receipt from the freight or express agent, and ship so 

 as to reach the market not later than Friday. 



SHIPPING FOWLS ALIVE. 



The great majority of fowls that are sent to market are 

 shipped alive. Commission men prefer them in this way. 

 They can kill them in lots as desired, and can dress them to 

 suit the fancy or caprice of their customers. The Jews, who 

 are now a large and important element in our cities, will not 

 <eat fowls, unless they are killed by a rabbi, and this makes a 

 constant demand for live poultry. Fowls are generally 

 shipped by express in old strawberry crates or small light 

 boxes of some sort. Before being sent off they should be 

 given all the whole corn they will eat and be watered. Com- 

 mission men are continually sending out circulars soliciting 

 shipments. Some of these men are reliable and some are not. 

 In general it may be said that it is safe to make consignments 

 to firms that occupy stalls in public markets or who have 

 been in business for a term of years. Men who have their 

 offices or places of business in obscure quarters or who have 

 lately started should be investigated. If they are all right 

 the investigation will do them no harm, and if they are not all 

 right it may save the shipper a loss he can ill afford. 



