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exists in every large city and when these people discover an • 

 exceptionally palatable dish, the price must be exorbi- 

 tant to prohibit it. 



This prime South Shore product is sold in Providence and 

 Newport as well as in- Boston and they have begun to call 

 for it in New York. 



There are many chicken raisers along the South Shore who 

 have no facilities jfor raising these winter chicks. These peo- 

 ple raise roasting chicks in the natural season. The prices 

 for these do not compare of course with the prices obtained 

 for the off-season birds. Still those who raise them keep 

 at it, which indicates that there must be profit in the business. 



Pullets are Marketed Before They Lay. 



It must be remembered that the pullets are sold before 

 they begin to lay, for after that they would bring only the 

 prices of fowls. Consequently these pullets are marketed 

 just before they commence to lay, no matter at what season 

 of the year. Many are sold in January and February. 

 These are the ones hatched late in the summer and early in the 

 fall. Pullets form the greatest supply at what is called the 

 "mid-season./' 



The features of this business and some of the causes of 

 success may be said to be the high prices paid for a first 

 class roaster during the month of April, May and June; 

 the ability of these people to raise these chicks in small, 

 cheap hotises and by a system of feeding that does not re- 

 quire an undue amount of labor; the fact that the staple 

 food, cracked corn, is usually the cheapest grain in our 

 market. 



