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line, only operate the broiler farm during six or seven months of 
the year, starting their first hatch in October and closing by the 
last of June. When this practice is followed, it becomes impos- 
sible for them to keep their own breeders and produce their own 
eggs for hatching. Under these conditions, the methods followed 
by Mr. Rice, of Dennisville, New Jersey, are of interest. Two or 
three large poultry farms in the vicinity of Dennisville have con- 
tracted with Mr. Rice to supply all of his eggs for hatching, same 
to be selected and of good quality,and he to pay them a certain 
stipulated price above wholesale quotations. This method has 
worked out to the satisfaction of both the poultry farmer and the 
broiler grower. Some of our broiler growers go even further, and 
provide the male birds to be used in the pens which produce these 
eggs. Mr. Rice has practiced this method for a number of years 
with eminent success. This codperation and specialization results 
in greater profits to both the egg farmer and the broiler grower. 
Broiler raising, as an exclusive and distinct poultry industry, 
is on the decline. Poultrymen are coming to realize the possi- 
bilities offered by making the production of market eggs the main 
issue, and are devoting only so much time to the raising of prime 
broilers in season as may be profitably taken from other work. 
This change in economic conditions results in greater profit from 
the broiler produced, in more persons shipping broilers, and in a 
steadier supply, and in a more stable selling price. 
Fryers.—By a frying chicken is meant a young, rapidly grown 
bird a few weeks older than a large broiler, weighing from two and 
one-half to three and one-half pounds. There is little demand for 
birds of this age and weight, and the price paid is so low that it 
is customary either to dispose of them when at the large broiler 
size, or, if they are beyond this stage, to hold them for soft roasters 
at four pounds and above. The term “ fryers ”’ is not distinctive, 
for chicks at all ages are used for frying, especially large broilers. 
Roasters.—The growing of prime roasters as an industry is 
centralized in two well-defined sections in the East, namely, along 
the south shore of Massachusetts and in south-central New 
Jersey. In these two sections much time and attention are de- 
voted to this as an exclusive industry, but often as a side issue in 
general farming. In Massachusetts the industry is carried on 
more exclusively, while in New Jersey the great majority of 
farmers plan to raise and finish from one hundred to five hundred 
and, in some cases, over one thousand roasters. Roaster grow- 
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