THE MARKETING OF POULTRY PRODUCTS. Sy 
SELLING TO RETAILERS. 
Grocery and provision dealers who cater to a select trade are 
usually glad of an opportunity to secure regular supplies of 
fresh eggs direct from the producer. Similar arrangements 
can often be made with marketmen for the disposal of dressed 
poultry. Frequently the prices secured in this way compare 
very favorably with those received from consumers, and under 
these conditions this trade is most desirable. 
SHIPPING TO COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 
The simplest method of disposing of all kinds of produce is 
to consign to commission firms for sale upon the open market. 
This does away with the expense and trouble involved in 
working up a private trade and with the necessity of making 
shipments at stated intervals, but the returns are not as great 
except in special cases where certain commission houses have 
built up a fine trade in given lines. Some make a specialty of 
high-grade eggs; others of prime dressed poultry, and hence 
such firms are frequently in a position to dispose of select 
goods at figures equalling or exceeding highest official quota- 
tions. ‘These houses are invariably anxious to receive regular 
shipments from producers whose goods are of uniformly high 
quality, and will usually give such shippers the best of service. 
The amount of commission varies, but as a rule it is 5 per 
cent. of the gross receipts. Frequently eggs are sold at a 
stated price per dozen, one-half cent to one cent being the or- 
dinary fee. Cost of transportation is invariably charged to the 
shipper. 
QUOTATIONS. 
Official quotations are fixed in all large markets by a com- 
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce or some similar organiza- 
tion and are based entirely upon supply and demand. ‘These 
quotations are published in most important markets and can 
be secured by applying to any commission merchant. Some 
newspapers make a specialty of their market reports, and the 
quotations found therein are usually reliable, differing but 
slightly from those issued as above. 
