Poultry Raising in Colorado 
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MARKETING 
Colorado markets are not particular as to color of the egg shell, 
neither do they discriminate against the white skin of fowls. To ob¬ 
tain the best prices eggs should be clean, uniform in size and color, 
shipped in clean carriers. Denver markets, however, do object to the 
quality of Colorado eggs in late spring and early summer. No one is 
quite ready to give the cause nor to suggest a remedy, but the State 
Agricultural College intends to investigate this matter during the next 
season. The eggs show bad under the candle; the yolks appear brown 
spotted and very dark, and the whites are very thin and watery. These 
eggs are not desirable for storage purposes, which means that Colo¬ 
rado farmers will receive less rather than more for early summer eggs 
than is paid to the Kansas farmers. The best way to shut out outside 
products is to produce better quality. 
The markets prefer fowls alive. Broilers should be to 2 
pounds in weight and the more uniform in size and appearance the 
more desirable. Roasters and hens should be large to obtain the best 
price, as much as 3c or 4c more per pound being paid for those over 5 
pounds than for those under 4 pounds. There is a time, a best time, 
to sell; one should study the markets; Does it pay better to sell a 2 
pound broiler at. 50c or to keep it 3 or 4 months and then sell it at 5 lbs. 
for 50c or 60c? Shall I sell a hen as soon as the season’s work 
is over, from June to September, at 13c to 15c or keep her 4 or 5 months 
longer in idleness and then sell her for loc or 12c? Too little attention 
is paid to the matter of marketing and many of our farmers are selling 
at the wrong time. 
Poultrymen can with profit encourage their customers to preserve 
eggs for winter months, thus stiffening the market when eggs are most 
plentiful and also relieving the demand for eggs when eggs are scarce, 
thereby better satisfying their trade. 
The Parcel Post .—Some of our poultrymen are shipping their en¬ 
tire output of eggs by mail. A very successful plan is to ship to one 
person connected with a large business firm in Denver who stands re¬ 
sponsible for the shipment. He distributes the eggs among his fellow 
workmen who pay him for their share of the eggs. This is getting the 
producer and the consumer pretty close together and is working out 
very advantageously. The family trade is also proving profitable, 
being supplied by mail. vShipments are made once or twice a week 
and often include vegetables, fruits, butter, etc. 
POULTRY SECRETS 
There are no secrets which one needs to buy in order to succeed 
in the work. All the so-called ‘‘secrets” and “processes” can be pro¬ 
cured through experiment station and government bulletins. It is 
not the breed, nor the feed, nor the house, nor the care; not any one 
or two of these factors that count, but a careful application of thrift 
and industry. 
Continued selection of the best, elimination of the weaklings, 
eternal cleanliness, comfortable shelter, plenty of fresh air, sunshine 
