FEEDING FOR GROWTH. 271 
ally preferred. Western shippers who send large quan- 
tities had better adopt these packages and style of pack- 
ing, even if at considerable trouble and expense, as it 
will give them a decided advantage over other shippers 
who use old boxes of all sizes, ready to fall apart on 
arrival—because, when shipped as above suggested, it 
insures quick sales, prompt returns and highest market 
prices for quality of stock. 
During cold weather, poultry can be shipped any day 
in the week, either by express or freight. It should be 
Turkey Chicken 
Boxes Boxes 
14 x 22 8 x 16 
X 26 xX 22 
FIG. 106. TURKEYS PACKED FOR MARKET. 
ee: 
entirely cold, but not frozen, before being packed. Boxes 
are the best packages. Line them with paper and pack 
so closely that the contents cannot move, but never use 
straw, and never wrap dressed poultry in paper. On the 
cover, distinctly mark the kind and quality of contents 
—the gross weight and correct tare in plain figures, thus: 
|20 No. 1 250 
Turks, * 40 Choice 125 
210 Chicks. 20 
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Also the merchant’s name and that of the shipper, unless 
he ig known by the number of his stencil, Stencils are 
