PRAIRIE FARMER'S POULTRY BOOK 



received 34 cents at our local stores. Thirty-five late turkeys 

 were sold in February for 63 cents dressed (local price 34 

 cents). On these 117 turkeys we made $270 above local prices, 

 after paying all expenses including shrinkage." 



Mrs. Schulz, who has Chicago customers for eggs, finds that 

 these same people like to get dressed chickens, ducks and geese 

 for which they pay premiums over the market. 



The dressed poultry trade is one which can be operated on 

 as large or as small a scale as desired. The principal points 

 to be remembered are to deliver the dressed poultry fresh and 

 to use only fat, plump fowls. 



Shipping Live Poultry 



Shipping live poultry is largely a matter of finding a com- 

 mission man who will handle the shipments properly and 

 honestly — which is much less difficult than is generally sup- 

 posed. In every large city there are many commission mer- 

 chants who make a specialty of handling not only live poultry 

 but also dressed poultry, veal, eggs, produce and a variety 

 of other things. The net amount received after commission 

 charges, express and other costs are paid is usually much 

 higher than what could have been secured at local markets. 

 Prairie Farmer will help you find a reliable commission man, 

 if you wish our assistance. 



The Brown County (111.) Farm Bureau began in August 

 1921 to make cooperative shipments of poultry in connection 

 with the livestock shipping association. The shipments were 

 sent to city markets, and the proceeds, less than the trans- 

 portation and commission, paid to the producers. Within a 

 few months, 100,000 pounds had been handled, for which more 

 than $6,000 above local prices were secured — an average of 

 more than six cents per pound. 



The Purebred Market 



S. M. Phelps of Warren county. 111., tells of a, small poultry 

 flock from which he made sales of cockerels and pullets of more 

 than $100 per year for seven years — a record which is equalled 

 by many other farm poultry raisers. The average return from 

 this kind of marketing is from 50 to 100 per cent higher than 

 selling on the market. 



Anyone with a good flock can sell a number of cockerels in 

 the home community without much effort, and as the flock 



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