TRADE IN PURE-BRED POULTRY AND EGGS 583 



fault with exhibition excellence should buy only where they can 

 find the combination they desire. A buyer cannot complain to a 

 seller for poor appearance of eggs unless eggs were represented 

 otherwise, nor can a buyer refuse to accept a shipment of eggs 

 in a package in good condition, or, because he does not like their 

 appearance, discard them for incubation and seek redress from 

 the shipper. If the package is damaged he should refuse to 

 accept it from the carrier ; if the package is not damaged, and 

 the eggs are sold under a guaranty, he must incubate them or 

 he is not entitled to the benefit of the guaranty. When a buyer 

 refuses to accept a shipment from a transportation company, and 

 the goods are returned, the seller should refund the money, 

 according to terms, and adjust the matter with the transporta- 

 tion company. He cannot protect himself, at the expense of his 

 customer, while the matter is in process of adjustment with the 

 transportation company. 



Scales of prices. In a preceding paragraph the statement was 

 made that double the market value was the lowest price that should 

 be made on this class of poultry and eggs. Unless this can be 

 realized, it is better to sell at market prices and under conditions 

 which insure that neither stock nor eggs will be used except for 

 food. This is easily managed by selling poultry dressed and by 

 mating only hens actually needed for breeding purposes. It is not 

 good business policy to sell breeding stock and eggs at a slight 

 advance over market prices, except where they can be sold in large 

 quantities and without expense for advertising, packing, etc. Those 

 who sell in small quantities at such prices make little or nothing, 

 and hurt the trade both for themselves and for others. A breeder 

 should not be satisfied to sell much of his product at the minimum 

 prices indicated, or to sell any of it at such prices very long. If he 

 cannot, within a few years, develop a growing trade and reach the 

 usual prices for ordinary good breeding stock (one dollar and fifty 

 cents and up per thirteen for eggs, and two dollars and up for fowls 

 and ducks, with corresponding prices for other kinds of poultry), 

 he may well conclude that there is something wrong, — that either 

 he has not the right kind of stock, or he is not adapted to this 

 trade. In selling at usuil prices for eggs and for most of the 

 stock sold, the breeding stock used should be of distinctly better 



