THE MARKET FOR POULTRY 5 



during late fall and early midwinter. The final con- 

 sumer has to pay 4 to 6 cents each for them, the 

 usual late fall and winter price being 5 cents. Most 

 of such stock is sold through private channels, and, 

 therefore, does not figure in the general market. 

 A common price during early winter, not only in 

 New York, but in the large towns and small cities, 

 is 60 cents a dozen for guaranteed fresh stock. 



MANAGING FOR EGGS 



By judicious calculation as to the time of hatch- 

 ing and by proper management and feeding, hens 

 may be brought into laying and kept at it better 

 than they usually are when eggs command highest 

 prices. By careful management of eggs laid when 

 prices are low, a larger return can be secured from 

 hens than from any other farm animal. It has 

 recently been shown that 100 pounds of feed prop- 

 erly fed to well-bred, well-managed hens will pro- 

 duce 30 pounds of eggs. Leghorn and Minorca 

 eggs often weigh two ounces or even more, but 

 suppose the eggs in the 30 pounds weigh only one 

 ounce each, there would be 480 or 40 dozen of them 

 in the 30 pounds. These at the very low price of 

 one cent each would bring $4.80. How can 100 

 pounds of grain be sold in the raw state for 

 that much money. Is it not evident that with grain 

 even at recent prices the farmer can do better by 

 feeding poultry and selling eggs than by disposing 

 of the grain direct? 



The neglect under which poultry has been raised 

 has resulted in scarcity of eggs during the winter 

 when prices are high and abundance in spring 

 when they are low. Formerly hens were regarded 



