10 UXIV. OF N. TI. AGR. KXI'P:RJ >TF.XT STA'lION [ 1 jUllctill 23S 



should be of the same eolor and that ninety ])ercent of the eggs from this 

 ixirticular brand equalled the color requirements. 



The general im])ression resulting from the study is that this demand is a 

 very exacting one, which requires a high degree of specialization. In those 

 instances where local men have attempted to supply the hotel trade and 

 have failed, it usually was because of poor grading and packaging and lack 

 of sufficient volume to supply the hotels regularly. There are, however, 

 a few growers in the White Mountain hotel district who are giving satis- 

 factory service and su]:»i)lying vegetables of better quality than can be pur- 

 chased from Boston distributors. New Hampshire poultrymen are at a 

 disadvantage in competing with the agents now furnishing poultry products 

 to the hotels because the agents are equipped to assemble in large quantities 

 and therefore to grade and package their products satisfactorily. (Purnell 

 Fund.) 



RANGE IN GRAIN COSTS FOUND 



Important variations in the i^rice charged for grain are indicated in the 

 studies of grain store costs which have been continued during the past year 

 by E. H. Rinear. Retail caish ]:)rices have been procured on the weekly 

 basis from 53 representative dealers in the state, and at the same time the 

 prices from a large number of wholesale distributors have been regularly 

 used. The largest difference in retail prices thus far appeared for poultry 

 wheat, w^here there has been a range running as high as 75 to 95c. Corn 

 and oat prices have shown the smallest variation, the former differing from 

 20 to 30c a hundredweight, and the latter from 8 to 12c a bushel. Studies 

 are also being made of scratch grain, dry mash, dairy feed, stock feed, 

 cotton seed, gluten, bran and middlings. The investigation will be con- 

 tinued to show' the relation existing l^etween price levels ; to measure the 

 time lag in the extent of price changes ; to classify the dealers into groups 

 to show those who follow the markets regularly, those who ignore it en- 

 tirely, and those who follow it only part of the time ; and to measure the 

 value of business on the operating cost and on margin and retail prices in 

 grain. (Purnell Fund.) 



MARKETING LIVE BROILERS IN NEW YORK CITY 



A completed survey of the problems involved in marketing live broilers 

 in New York City shows that New Hampshire has been leading in the 

 development of the early live broiler industry. During the past three years 

 approximately half of the broilers received by seven large commission firms 

 in New York during the early part of the season came from within this 

 state. H. I. Richards, M. F. Abell and E. H. Rinear conducted the survey 

 and analyzed the results. 



The high prices which gave the industry its initial impetus have been 

 dwindling. The top price quotation has declined steadily each season from 

 $1.15 a pound in 1921 to 55 cents in 1928. This occurred in spite of the 

 lengthening of the season, which, instead of opening in March as in 1921, 

 now opens even in Decemlier. About SO percent of New Hampshire 

 broilers brought the top market price. 



