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Even though local eggs were bringing a ]:)rice equal to or above whole- 

 sale quotations in several instances, the question still remains how much 

 more the managers and stewards would be willing to pay for local fresh 

 eggs, if they were candled and graded according to definite standards. 



Many poultrymen in the southern part of the state are not over-anxious 

 to sell to the hotels because they have such a good retail market near by. 

 Although the stewards occasionally pay a premium over the wholesale 

 market which makes a price nearly equal to retail, apparently it has not 

 been sufficient to attract the egg shippers from the southern sections. 



Dressed Poultry Demand 



Detailed information was obtained from the stewards regarding their 

 preferences for broilers, roasters and fowl, the weekly amounts used and 

 prices paid. These data are partly given in Tables 5, 6, and 7 respective- 

 ly. The amounts of broilers used weekly by a hotel varied from 50 to 

 672 pounds, roasters from 75 to 400 pounds and fowl from 100 to 700 

 pounds. These figures represent the maximum weekly amounts needed 

 by the hotels when at full capacity. 



The points emphasized by the stewards as necessary to satisfy the de- 

 mands of the best White Mountain hotels for dressed poultry may be 

 grouped in the following order : 



Milk fed birds 



Light colored heavy breeds 



Fresh, properly killed and dressed 



Uniformly graded as to size, color and other qualifications 



Neatly packed 



Dependable service 



Milk fed poultry was desired in preference to any other. The stewards 

 claimed the quality of the flesh was much superior ; that the fat was more 

 evenly distributed throughout the muscle fibers which caused the flesh 



Table 5. — Broilers: Maximum amounts used in a week and prices paid by ten rep- 

 resentative White Mountain hotels. 



1. 



2. 



3.' 

 4. 



5. 

 6. 



*Boston Produce Market News: Top price for Western fresh broilers, dry 

 packed, 12 to box, 21 to 24 pounds. 



(Express charges from Boston to hotels of approximately $1.15 a hundred 

 pounds should be added to Boston quotations to have prices on compar- 

 able basis with local.) 



