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PROFITABLE POULTRY PRODUCTION 



the second-class eggs could be sold as first-class, 

 a very considerable additional sum could also be 

 saved. No one viewing these figures can fail to 

 see the advantage of taking the trouble to adopt 

 better methods. 



It is hardy reasonable to expect anyone to im- 

 prove his business conditions unless he can realize 

 a financial benefit therefrom. Everyone likes to 

 produce the best of anything. But if he can 

 make more by selling an inferior grade, it is 

 natural and reasonable that he should do so. In 

 the matter of handling eggs, however, improve- 

 ments mean more profit and should, therefore, be 

 made. Three ways are open whereby poultry 



raisers may market eggs: 

 First, by selling to the 

 buyer who either ships 

 without grading or candles 

 and disposes of the stock 

 according to quality. By 

 this method a producer is 

 able to take advantage of 

 the intense competition generally present among 

 local buyers that raises general prices until some 

 merchant complains that prices are too high to 

 leave any profit after the eggs have been candled. 



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WILL IT PAY TO IMPROVE 



Number one eggs which farmers bring every 

 week should command more than older eggs. At 

 present they do not, and the tendency is to let the 

 care of the eggs slide. The average increase would 

 be i^ to 2 cents a dozen. If the average Kansas 

 hen produces loo eggs in a year, the farmer who 



