June. 1928] Marketing Live Broilers in New York 



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Table 2 — Monthly Percent acje of Ldre Broilers from A'ew Hampshire Sold Above, Below 



and at the Top Price Quotation on "Broilers," "Chicken Broilers," or "Colored 



Broilers" on the Xew York Market from January, 1925, to May, 1927, 



Inclusive 



This explains to some extent why broilers of high quality sell more 

 easily than broilers of low quality. Buyers naturally prefer broilers of 

 high quality when they can obtain them at the same price as other 

 broilers. 



There are, of course, many little ways of returning certain broiler 

 producers slightly more than the quoted price, such as paying the quot- 

 ed price for weight at point of shipment ^^^thout deducting shrinkage, 

 or paying for the one-way coops. These additional payments did not, 

 however, appear on the records obtained from poultry dealers. They 

 are not likely to represent a full adjustment in market price for differ- 

 ences in quality. In fact, there is a general impression among broiler 

 producers in this state that it does not pay to produce broilers of high 

 quality. For that reason many of these men are opposed to grading 

 their birds before sending them to market. The best broilers often sell 



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: [B .•/>. h'-! :/jn Ju«[ Jutr Aug Sepi Oci Nw Old Jan fee Mar Am May Ju« Jui» /wi. oifi Oci Alw Ull Jan (lh Mw) Am Um 



Fig. 9. — Average monthly percentage of live broilers from New Hampshire sold 

 at the ''most common" price for New Hampshire broilers each day from 

 Januaiy, 1925 to May, 1927, inclusive. 



