THE MARKET FOR POULTRY "3 



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ruary strictly first-class eggs often sell for 50 to 75 

 cents a dozen in large city markets and rarely below 

 25 cents in smaller markets. Even storage eggs of 

 good quality rarely fall as low as 25 cents in the 

 city markets during this period. The demand for 

 fresh eggs is unlimited, but the market for poor 

 grades is flooded at every season. There never 

 has been a time when poultry raisers could do better 

 than at present in egg production. 



Inquiry among the New York commission men 

 has revealed the following facts : New York city 

 is short of higlii quality eggs and oversupplied with 

 lower grades. This condition is neither new nor 

 startling. It probably characterizes every season 

 and every market and will continue to do so as 

 long as eggs continue to be discovered, rather than 

 gathered as a regular crop in judicious farm rota- 

 tion. Slipshod methods in handling are responsible 

 for the low grades and relatively low prices ; care- 

 ful management produces the high grades and the 

 high prices. There is an unlimited demand for 

 really first-class eggs, but labeling lower grades as 

 first class does not raise either quality or price. 



BEST MARKET IN EARLY WINTER 



At no time of year do commission men find it SO 

 hard to get an adequate supply of the best quality; 

 eggs as between November i and December 31. 

 This is because farmers, as a rule, do not manage 

 their poultry properly. Most of the supply of 

 poultry and eggs in the general market, by the 

 way, comes from the farms and not from the poul- 

 try plants — henneries so called. Well-managed 

 henneries experience little difficulty in securing a 



