PRAIRIE FARMER'S POULTRY BOOK 



Another plan is followed by Mrs. C. D. Finkbeiner of Lena- 

 wee county, Mich., who lives 50 miles or so from Detroit. 

 Many automobile parties go past the farm, and a "Fresh eggs" 

 ■sign [Stops enough automobiles to enable Mrs. Finkbeiner to 

 sell all the surplus eggs except in the hatching season. 



It is not difficult to make connections with city families 

 who will pay a good premium for quality eggs shipped by 

 parcel post. Most people have friends and relatives in cities, 

 and that should enable them to get started shipping eggs. One 

 satisfied customer brings another. In the larger cities the post- 

 offices have lists of city people who want parcels post eggs. 

 Cartons for shipping can be secured from supply houses, and 

 may be secured at almost any store. Bills should be rendered 

 the first of every month. 



Shipping to Commission Houses 



Shipping eggs to commission houses in the larger cities, as 

 New York and Chicago, is a plan which nets a good premium 

 over the local market. C. H. Poland of Montgomery county, 

 111., in 1921, shipped all the surplus eggs from his 265 hens to 

 a New York commission house and secured $185 more for them 

 than his home market would pay. 



A Missouri woman reports that her first shipment to New 

 York netted 22 cents per dozen more than she could have 

 secured at home, and that on the nine cases she shipped she 

 netted $37.50 over local prices. These were all white eggs, 

 which bring a good premium over other colors on the New 

 York and Boston markets. 



Mrs. Ed. Fulford of Jackson county, 111., reports much 

 higher prices secured in St. Louis than she could obtain at 

 local stores. "I use a 12-dozen case and ship by insured 

 parcel post," she says. "It costs 35 cents to send it when full 

 and eight cents when empty. The eggs sell higher than at 

 home and I can use the cash any place instead of taking what 

 I can get, as I do at home. I ship the eggs one morning, get 

 the check the next morning and the emptv cases the following 

 day." 



Another who has found it profitable to ship to city markets 

 is Merle Naugle of White county, Ind. "On November 22 

 I received $24.09 net for a 30-dozen case in New York, and the 

 price here was $16.50," she says. "These were uniform white 

 eggs which are higher than any others. In spring and summer 



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