144 VALUE OF POULTRY. 



of depression ; and it is equally well known 

 that the consumer, especially in large cities, 

 buys his eggs and fowls at two, and often 

 three prices, or, in other words, they furnish 

 a profit to two or three persons before it 

 passes into his hands. The farmer, for in- 

 stance, we will suppose, sells his pair of 

 chickens for twenty-five cents to the market- 

 er (or hig-ler, as he is called in England), 

 who drives about the country and buys them 

 up of the farmers. This person puts on ten 

 cents, and the rnarketrnan in the city adds 

 ten cents more. The profits of this last are 

 usually greater than this sum. Some farm- 

 ers are in the practice of dressing their OWE 

 fowls for market, and consign them to i 

 marketman, who sells them to the best ad 

 vantage, and charges twelve and a half pe 

 cent, for his trouble. I cannot say by whicl 

 method the consumer pays the most, but the 

 latter, undoubtedly, gives the best returns to 

 the poultry breeder. 



The question has frequently been asked, 

 Which are most profitable, eggs or chickens ? 

 and the general opinion inclines to the for- 



