JMAKKETINU TURKEYS AND WATERFOWL 



137 



to $6. I would take my turkeys fifty miles to a large 

 city and market them myself rather than to ship to 

 commission merchants. From what I have seen in our 

 markets, shipped poultry brings low prices in competi- 

 tion with choice dressed native stock. Wealthy people 

 do not like shipped poultry and are willing to pay 

 fancy prices." The illustration, Figure 31, a box of 

 American poultry, shows how to box and ship turkeys. 



20 No, I 

 Turks. 



250 



40 



210 



ADDRCSS or COMMISSION 

 MERCHANT. 



Choke 

 Chicks. 



125 

 20 



lo? 



ADDRESS or COMMISSION 

 MERCHANT. 



Fig. 31 TURKEYS PACKED AND MARKED 



The movement and range of prices in former 

 years are shown in the following table, compiled by the 

 New York Produce Eeview, covering the receipts in 

 packages for Thanksgiving week with quotations for 

 best grade western turkeys; also the closing prices on 

 the Wednesday preceding the national holiday in the 

 years named. 



