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and high-class hotels in Boston are glad to pay seventy- 

 live cents for them in winter and spring. (See Figure 2.) 

 Owls Nest Farm has been run for several years 

 and has built up a large trade of the above description; 

 385 of these small broilers are sold from January 1 to 

 January 20, mostly to clubs and high-class private trade 

 in Boston. This branch of the business is continued 

 the year round, although prices grow lower in the 



Fig. 2 TWELVE-OUNCE BROILERS DRESSED FOR MARKET 



summer and fall. Incubators are started the last third 

 of January, and from 8000 to 10,000 chickens are 

 hatched out during the year. The breeds used for 

 broilers are Wyandots and Plymouth Eocks. Said 

 Superintendent Woodland: "Even for light weight 

 broilers such as we produce, the small breeds like the 



