THE MARKKTING OF POULTRY PRODUCTS. Pay 
FEATHERS. 
Feathers of all kinds meet with ready sale. Prices vary 
with the kind and color of the feathers, as the subjoined quota- 
tions from a large dealer show: 
“DEAR SIR:—We will pay. you the following prices for 
feathers in prime, dry, merchantable condition: 
Geese—Choice, pure white, 60c.; white, 55c.; largely gray, 
42c.; goose quills, long, r5c. 
Duck—Pure white, 42c.;. white, yellow, or stained, 38c. and 
40c.; colored, 33¢c. 
Chicken—All white, 20c.; colored, 4%c. 
Feathers are put to a great variety of uses, the principal one 
being as filling for pillows and cushions. Great quantities are 
used in making up millinery novelties, feather boas, and simi- 
lar articles. 
Turkey tail feathers, as well as those from the second and 
third wing joints, are much in demand by manufacturers of 
feather dusters, and quills from the first joint of the wing of 
the turkey are used in the manufacture of featherbone, a sub- 
stitute for whalebone, for dressmaking and other purposes. 
Large supplies of these quills are used, there being over 600 
people employed in one Michigan factory where this substance 
is manufactured. 
The feathers from the hackles and saddles of the males of 
certain varieties of fowls are largely used in the manufacture 
of artificial flies for fishing. Such feathers usually bring from 
50 cents to $1 per pound. Those from the black and red 
birds, like Brown Leghorns, Partridge Wyandottes, and Part- 
ridge Cochins, are particularly desired. 
All feathers should be dried by being spread out upon a floor 
for some time, or placed in sacks and hung out in the sun and 
air. When shipped to market, they are usually packed in bur- 
lap sacks or light cases and sent by freight. 
LOSS IN DRESSING POULTRY. 
During the year 1903-4 several hundred birds were dressed 
by the Poultry Department of the Connecticut Agricultural 
College for use at the student boarding-hall. The stock was 
