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with a retailer, however, one should give themselves the 

 benefit of a reputation for high-class products. To do this, 

 more extensive stencilling is advisable. 



In the above-suggested stencilling the numbers 43 and 54 

 appear as before. The number 62 represents the gross and 8 

 the tare weights. The number 617 is a serial number by which 

 any particular box may be recognized if any question is 

 raised about it. It also aids in keeping track of the amount of 

 business done. Fancy D. P. Roasters is the trade name by 

 which the ordinary buyer will recognize them. D. P. means 

 dry-picked. Aside from the farm name, there is no more 

 necessary information on the second box than on the first. 

 Giving full particulars, however, fosters confidence with the 

 ordinary retail purchaser. At the same time, if for any 

 reason the goods should be shipped to a wholesaler, the 

 information he desires is there. If the number 48 should 

 appear in place of 43, the wholesaler might know that he had 

 12 Fancy Roasters between 4 and 5 pounds the same as 

 in the above case, but that instead of being packed Standard 

 Style, they are packed Single Layer Style. For the retail 

 purchaser this would make no difference. The class numbers 

 may be arbitrarily chosen, or they may be those already 

 in use in a given line of trade. 



Determining the Classification. — ^Late in the fall it becomes 

 diflicult to determine whether certain chickens belong among 

 the springs or among the fowls. To determine whether a 

 chicken should be graded among the fowl or roasters, press 

 the rear end of the keel. If it is hard and unyielding it should 

 be classed as a fowl. If soft and pliable, it goes with the 

 roasters. 

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