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distances successfully. It has also been made possible 

 through cold storage to conserve the surplus products in 

 the natural breeding season, which is the spring of the year, 

 until they can be disposed of during the season of scarcity 

 in the fall and winter. During this period large quantities 

 of poultry and eggs are placed in cold storage. This equal- 

 ization of supply and demand has had a most profound 

 effect on the poultry industry. It has made it possible for 

 poultry keepers to dispose of surplus poultry and eggs dur- 

 ing the season of greatest production at a price which is 



Figure 4.- 



-The farm flock can be made a source of considerable revenue for 

 practically tlie entire year. 



profitable to them where previously they would have been 

 unable to get prices which made it worth their while. 



Poultry keeping on the farm. As a consequence of this 

 condition, the development of poultry keeping has grown 

 beyond the point where the farmer or poultryman has limited 

 the size of his flock to meet approximately the needs of 

 his own family, and has made poultry keeping one of the 

 activities on the farm, from which an actual money income 

 is received. In this connection it is worthy to note that 

 the poultry flock on many farms, particularly of late years 

 with the development of better methods, has proven to be 



