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chasers are as a rule less difficult to contend with than the • 

 cook or butler of the private family. The latter always - 

 have their friends among the grocer's clerks and butcher's 

 boys and since many of them also derive a pecuniary benefit 

 from the trade they give to certain stores and meat shops, 

 they are always glad to turn any cause for dissatisfaction 

 toward the poultryman and to shield his competitors. 

 The trade of the individual family at best is not sufficient 

 to warrant the egg man in paying these servants a sum suffi- 

 cient to procure their good will. Of course these undesirable 

 influences are not always to be contended with and in spite 

 of those that exist poultrymen are doing a lucrative business 

 with hotels, clubs and families, glad to tolerate the petty 

 dissatisfactions while pocketing the additional profits. 



The first two classes are rather easier to cater to since 

 eggs are delivered in greater , numbers, one club or hotel 

 often taking all the producer has, and most of the eggs 

 are shipped by express from consignor to consignee. 



The trade of each family is small — comparatively. A 

 few dozen here and a few dozen there require the services 

 of a man and team for half a day, two, three or more times 

 each week. Occasionally the egg farmer finds it advisa- 

 able to take orders on certain days of each week and deliver 

 on the day following. The prices obtained are as a rule 

 well above the figures quoted in the retail stores and markets. 

 As we stated before, fifty cents per dozen is frequently paid 

 the year around and at this price the poultryman can well 

 afford to shoulder considerable extra expense and trouble. 



We have described the various methods of disposing of 

 the egg farmer's product and endeavored to explain the 

 advantages and disadvantages of each in such a way that 

 the reader, after investigating the conditions surrounding 

 him, will be prepared to decide intelligently which method 

 will prove most satisfactory and profitable for him to 

 adopt. 



Wliat High Quality Means. 



To the average person a good egg means a fresh egg and 

 vice versa, yet it is possible for an egg to be fresh, i, e., 

 recently laid, and still be of poor quality. Before an egg 



