June, 1928] ^Marketing Live Broilers in New York 



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 1929 



Fii;. 7. — Rthition of weekly receipts of live broilers on New York market to 

 Jewish and otlier religious festivals. 



These receipts were accompanied in 1925 by a week of strongly rising 

 prices, in 1926 by a slight rise, and in 1927 by practically constant 

 prices. 



The demand for broilers does not seem to be effected materially by 

 the religious festival Purim, which usually comes during the last of 

 February or first of March. 



Decoration Day and the Jewish Feast of Weeks both come during a 

 period of rapidly increasing receipts, and their effect on demand is dif- 

 ficult to determine. 



Receipts of broilers for the Christmas and New Years holidays are 

 usually somewhat larger than the preceding and following weeks. 

 There is also a tendency for prices to increase during this period. 



Prices of Live Broilers from New Hampshire and Competing Areas 



Live broilers from Xew Hampshire sell consistently at higher prices 

 on the New York market than broilers from competing areas as shown 

 in Figure 8. Broilers from other Xew England states, however, usu- 

 ally sell at an average price only a few cents lower, while broilers from 

 outside Xew England average five and ten cents below the price of X^ew 

 Hampshire broilers from X^'ovember to April, inclusive. During the 

 remainder of the season from June to October the average price of 

 broilers from all states was about the same. 



Most of the live broilers from Xew Hampshire sell at the top quota- 

 tion for broilers, chicken broilers or colored broilers during the winter 

 and early spring months. Plymouth and other Rock broilers usually 

 sell above the top price quotation for colored broilers, and Leghorns 

 usuallv sell considerably below. From Januarj' to April, inclusive, in 



