MARKETING 125 
Selling When Prices Are High. A poul- 
tryman should closely watch his markets and 
obtain from the nearest board of trade or 
chamber of commerce daily or weekly quo- 
tations not only of fowl, broilers, and eggs, 
but also of the grains which he may purchase. 
Every effort should be made to dispose of his 
product at the time of year when that par- 
ticular product brings the highest price. 
He should plan always to hatch his chickens 
early, so that his broilers will reach the mar- 
ket during the time when broilers are high. 
All of the males which are not to be used as 
breeders should be disposed of when they 
weigh from two to two and a half pounds. 
Feed Required for Males. It has been 
quite definitely proved that seven or eight 
pounds of feed is all that is required for the 
first two pounds of growth and that from 
twelve to twenty pounds of feed are required 
for each succeeding pound of growth up to 
six pounds. Therefore, it is obvious that the 
commercial poultryman cannot afford to 
keep his male birds until they weigh five or 
six pounds. If it requires eighteen to twenty 
pounds of feed to put on the fifth pound of 
