PRAIRIE FARMER'S POULTRY BOOK 



it does not pay as well to ship east, so I sell to a man in Chicago 

 who pays 14 cents over local prices." 



The important things to remember in shipping to com- 

 mission companies are to send uniform good-quality eggs, and 

 to pick out a reliable commission man. There are some com- 

 mission houses which are not trustworthy, but they are being 

 rapidly weeded out by the state commission merchant laws. 

 The premium over local prices is rather small from March to 

 June, but the rest of the year it is considerable. 



Eggs for Hatching 



Those with well-selected purebred flocks (not necessarily 

 fancy) find a profitable market as a rule in selling eggs for 

 hatching purposes. This is true of all the common breeds like 

 Leghorns, Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds and Plymouth 

 Rocks. Mrs. Lee E. McElroy of Shelby county. 111., whose 

 experience is typical of many, last year sold eggs for hatching 

 at $1.50 per 15, selling all the extra eggs in that way from 

 March till June. "The best answer to the question of better 

 marketing of poultry is better poultry," she says. "No matter 

 what market you sell to, purebreds return a good profit over 

 scrubs." 



Mrs. Frank Myers of Henderson county, 111., began 10 

 years ago with a flock of Barred Rocks. "I culled my flock 

 and bought the best stock I could afford," she writes. "By 

 1919 I thought my flock was good enough to advertise eggs 

 for sale. Ads in Prairie Farmer and a local paper cost $10.09 

 in all. Baskets cost $2.70. Excelsior was free at the store, 

 and flour sacks made the covers. I sold $92.50 worth of eggs. 

 They were worth $48.30 at the store, advertising and other 

 costs amounted to $13.40, so I had for my trouble $31.01. 

 Since then I have advertised eggs, baby chicks and cockerels, 

 Prairie Farmer and a local paper doing the work." 



It is not difficult to secure $1 to $1.50 per sitting of eggs 

 from well-selected hens, and eggs from flocks somewhat fancier 

 than on most farms bring considerably higher prices. The 

 expense is very small, and the returns usually are more than 

 ample to pay for the time and trouble. 



Eggs to Hatcheries 



Since the rapid growth of the baby chick business, many 

 farm poultry raisers with purebred flocks find that the baby 

 chick hatcheries provide an excellent market for eggs. This 



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