PART V 

 POULTRY PRODUCTS 



CHAPTER XXVII 

 VARIETY OF PRODUCTS 



Poultry keeping affords a variety of products, the num- 

 ber being probably greater than in any other branch of agri- 

 culture. These products may be of two kinds: Perishable 

 and partially perishable. Dressed poultry is of a highly per- 

 ishable nature and must be shipped well iced or in cold 

 storage. Eggs and live birds are less perishable in nature, 

 and can be shipped considerable distance without material 

 injury, which can not be said of milk and butter, the most 

 important of dairy products. The demand for poultry- 

 products is constantly increasing, especially for table eggs 

 and dressed poultry. This growing demand is probably due 

 to the increasingly high price of beef and pork; hence eggs 

 are more and more used to take the place of meat. 



Utility and Fancy Products. — We frequently hear the 

 terms "utility" and "fancy" applied to poultry. The term 

 " utility" means poultry bred exclusively for food. " Fancy " 

 means birds sold either for breeding purposes or for fancy 

 feathers. To-day there is much closer co-operation between 

 these two lines of poultry production than ever before, while 

 there is also a growing demand for birds with high utility 

 value. Utility, in this sense, means the ability to yield a 

 product which is in steady demand for consumption as human 

 food. The poultry keeper more and more appreciates the 

 fact, that to be profitable, his flock must yield utility products 

 as well as be valuable for exhibition. More attention is now 

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