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POULT RY PRODUCTION 



ill value, from \ cry many farms wliosc aA'cra<;;e yearly sales 

 ])n>Iial)ly amount to a. f<'\v liundred dollars at nntst. As 

 indicated in Figiu-e (i, tlie original buyer ma>- be any one 

 of several classes of dealers, or the goods may pass through 

 the iiands of three clashes of buyers before the work of 

 distribution is begun. 



The Packer.— The function of a packer is to prei)are food 

 )]r(i(lucts for preservation and consuni])tion, and to i)reserve 

 them. 'J'he liome-killing of poultry for general consumption 

 is i)as^ing ju^t as the home slauglitering of beef and ])ork has 

 largely gi\-en way to tlie slaughter houses of the large packing 

 centers. 



Fig. .5 





Pnultry i'('rfi\-ius-r() 



of -A Wrstoni liiMiltry parkinj;-h(>use. (Courtesy of 

 Se>'iiioiir Packing C'oniijauy.) 



The preparing and ]ireser\'ing of l)oth eggs and poultry 

 for general consumption ha^•e been carried on for some time 

 by firms doing a general packing business. More recently, 

 esta!)lishments s])cciali7,ing on poultry products alone have 

 been able to enter into successful competition with the 

 organizations doing a general packing business. 



The states of Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri, Miiuie- 

 sota, Indiana and Tennessee are those in which tlic poultry- 

 l)a,cking business has shown the greatest development. "While 

 it is carried on to a greater or less extent in all the states, most 

 of the estaldishments dressing poultry or shipping eggs are 



