PRAIRIE FARMER'S POULTRY BOOK 



The Chicago prices are quotations at wholesale for live hens and spring chickens. 

 Note that spring chickens are highest in May and decline rapidly during the 

 summer to the low point in November, after which there is an advance during 

 the winter months. Up to the end of April the spring chickens quoted are those 

 hatched in the previous season. Hence the very sharp advance from April to May 

 when the new hatch is quoted. Hens reach the highest point in April during the 

 laying season. Thereafter they are marketed in larger numbers and June prices 

 usually are low. Another decline takes place in the fall due partly to the abundance 

 of spring chickens. Beginning in September and continuing through most of the 

 winter hens and spring chickens fluctuate together. 



Prices to producers are aver-ages for the entire United States. They show 

 less marked changes from month to month and are highest during the late summer 

 and early fall months. They also seem to behave differently from Chicago prices. 



poor condition when marketed immediately after the laying 

 season. 



The prices to producers shown are averages made up by 

 the Department of Agriculture from the statements of a num- 

 ber of country buyers located throughout the United States 



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