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retail grocery stores, and the surplus is sent to the commission 

 man of the large cities. 



The fourth route the country eggs may take is to the country 

 store, where they are traded for merchandise. The country 

 store in turn disposes of its collection to the hotels and restau- 

 rants of larger cities or sends them to the commission man in 

 the large cities. 



Fifth, the producer may ship direct to the commission man 

 of the cities, who in turn may sell either to retail stores, restau- 

 rants, hotels. Or in case the market becomes "loaded up" 

 he may sell to the jobber. 



Refrigeration. — Refrigeration is to the nation what the house 

 refrigerator is to the home. It is a means of preserving food 

 from the time of heavy production till the time of scarcity. 

 Refrigeration of dressed poultry and of eggs is used in two 

 ways: First, to prevent deterioration in the ordinary passage 

 of goods from the producer to the consumer, and second, to 

 hold goods from season of surplus production until season of 

 scant production. 



There are specialized rooms for the storage of eggs and 

 others for dressed poultry. These storage warehouses are 

 found in the large cities and are of two kinds, public and pri- 

 vate. The private houses are those used by the owners for 

 the storage of their own products. The public houses are 

 those doing a warehouse business, that is, in which an outsider 

 may store their products on payment of a storage fee. 



It is estimated that 15 per cent, of the eggs produced in the 

 United States are placed in cold storage for a time. About 

 80 per cent, of these are placed in storage during the months 

 of April, May, and June. They are stored in 30-dozen cases. 



In dressed fowls roasters go into storage in November and 

 December, fowls in December and January, broilers in July 

 and August, and turkeys mainly in December and January. 



The average number of months these products stay in 

 storage has been given as follows: poulti-y 2.42 and eggs 5.91. 



The eggs placed in storage in April are likely to be held as 

 much as seven months, those in May six months, June five 

 months, July four months, and August three months. 



The percentage of dressed poultry delivered from the storage 



