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Marketing of Poultry. 



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Question. 



Brighton. 



Chichester. 





Chickens : — 









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2. If fatted 





No. 





3» Colour of flesh preferred 



White. 



White. 





4. Season when prices highest 



March to June. 



March and April. 







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tl- tn 6/- 





6, If to be shaped^ and how 





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Ducks : — 









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71-c lb 



?-6 lb 





8. Season of demand .*. 



Spring and early summer. 



June, July, Christmas. 





9. Average prices 



to 7/6 



2/'Q to l/6 



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Geese : — 









10. Weights in most demand 



IO— 12 lb. 



12— 14 lb. 





11. Season of demand 



Sept. to Christmas. 



Michaelmas and Christmas. 





12. Average prices 



Sd. to lod. per lb. 



Sd. to lod. per lb. 





Turkeys : — . 





13. Weights in most demand 



10-16 lb. 



Cocks 16-18 lb., hens 

 10-12 lb. 





14. Season ... 



Oct. to Feb. 



Christmas to Easter. 





1 5. If fatted 



Yes. 



Well fatted but not crammed. 





16. Average prices 



gd. to 1 J- per lb. 



Cocks 1/- per lb., hens 

 lod. per lb. 





Question. 



Bristol. 



Newport, Mon. 





Chickens : — 









1. Weights in most demand 



3-4 lb. 



3-34 lb. 

 No. 





2. If fatted 



Well fed, not crammed. 





3. Colour of flesh preferred 



White. 



White. 





4. Season when prices highest ... 



March to June. 



April to May,- not much 

 variation. 





5. Average prices 



2/- to 2/6. 



3/- to 3/6. 





6. If to be'shaped, and how 



Tied at knuckles and . 



Trussed ready for cooking, 





from toes to back. 



but breast unbroken and 







Others simply plucked. 



not flattened. 





Ducks : — 







7. Weights in most demand 



3-5 lb. 



3-34 lb. 





8. Season of demand 



March, May, Christmas. | 



June to Oct. 





9. Average prices ... 



yd. per lb. 



3/- to 3/6 each. 





Geese ; — 









10. Weights in most demand 



10-14 lb. 



6-9 lb. 





II. Season of demand 



Michaelmas to end Jan. 



Michaelmas to Christmas. 





12. Average prices 



Sd. lb. (retail), i\d. tod\d. 

 lb. Irish, 6d. to yd. lb. 



no 7 , to 1/-. 





Turkeys : — 



English (wholesale). 













13. Weights in most demand 



Cocks 14-20 lb., hens 



12-13 lb. 







8-12 lb. 





14. Season... 



Nov. to Feb. 



Oct. to March. 





15. If fatted 



Cannot be too well fatted. J 



Unfatted generally. 





16. Average prices 



Wholesale dealers' prices : ! 



1/- to 1/2 per lb. 







— Cocks g\d. to lod. lb., j 







hens 8a?. to" gd. lb. 







