New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-28

The ,ua.l parcels were retsiled out OF bo1 IL
Wholesale price.
From their sales Of poultry 10 day, we find the fol-
loving sre the prices BY the box;
TURKEYS. Is 10 Is certs. Geese loi cents. DUCKS
IA to Is cent?. Chicke.s IN 10 - cents.
The retel p,ice of each IN the market OF tie same
ouaIty i. b cents pound higher than the whole
sale price.
TIE price of grouse today Is 81 IS t. 81 so psir
Qrails, 81 Dozen. Pigeons, 81 25 dozee Vent
soo ssddl.s, IS to lec. Whole deer, cents per
pound.
Ire prices lsst year, the same day before Thanks
rrg we're as ioll,ws: Turkeys, to 10 cents Ges'e,
: 10 cent? Ducks 10 cesis Caicsens 20 cen's.
yenisoo, saddles 10 70 L. oeEis. Waoe -eer, ID :
cents.
I. also appears from the books Of this house, ard
several others engaged ir the same taoe, that the
qrsntity Of pou,ry received ihs + Ill Is not one-aai
az much a. thai of ast FaD slme say not one-ihiri,
end others ssy not one fourth.
Below we give the prices Of wholesale lots by
Messrs Miller, Hsring & CO., just beiore Christnas
and New Years.
Sales. Dec. %, is5i-l box 35l 10 Of rarkeys, at
Gle; DO. 147 Il of Chickens, at 7ic.i DO. 4O7 b
Gtes.. a. 6Io.i de- COO ID Geese, at 6lo.i do 414
for sl32. which Is i tie over zoe.
sales. Dee. 81, ls54-rurkies, II TO lie y it, but
oply ere Lot at tie highest prics Chickens, 9loc.
ID. Ducks, i6c. ID. Grouse, s7lc. pair. Quails,
75c. a dozen. venison 50 saddles at SC, sna 3
csIcssses at sc. y ID.
Butter last year a. the three dates above, was 81 q
CSC. q ID by tie fIkin. It is now % ooc for tie
same quality.
Poultry and acne is freq lenty received ia this city
in cold weather from Ohio, LGdisns, Ilinois, Wscon-
Gin sid Michigan.
In preparing it for msrket, Turkeys snd Chickens
should be bed to death by sticking in the neck and
then scsded INN @; lately in water, not boiling hot,
but en- lust hot enough to strip the feathers, and then
ire skia will be unbroken and look yellow AMI rich.
If the water would cook an egg in fifteen MINUTES il
is hot enough.
Geese and Ducks should be dipped in water nearly
boilil 9. AID Immediately wrapped in blanket Of
thick cloth TO steam few minutes and then oil the
down will strip off and leave the skin smooth.
After the feathers are of hang the b,cies Of the
poultry up till thoroughly dry, and then without dis
emboweIrg p.ck in cIesn wheat or rJe straw.
This last direction Is very important. BE careful
that the straw ia clean sad dry and that you pack
your poultry in COOL dry weather, in good boxes or
barrels, well hooped, sno VsTy paialy directed, ana
then send them by express, and they will be sure TO
come in good crder and the contents sell for high
price,
, Remember never to use hay or ost straw, or auy
kind that is TIE least damp musty or has any dirt
or Gust attsched TO it. weeds mixed with il. You
may use four-bsres, or dy-goods boxes, aud yoa
may cut off ge Sc and ducks hea0s but you may not
cut Of turkey and chickens heads; and yoa shall
not pick feather of Of any kind Of game BIRDS AID
DEER rabbits, squirrels, &C., should Dc seat with their
skirs on.
You must judge for yourseIves-by what you know
of be supply of poultry in the country and by com.
pairing the present prices with those Of last year cad
,hose now vsiirg-st what time it IS best for you
to serd your stock TO market.