New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-25
TIE POULTRY TRADE.
CHRISTMAS SUPPLY AND PRICES

CHRISTMAS SUPPLY AND PRICES
Never before, rim e The memory Of the ong'o> crow
ifg Of the cocks has there been concentrated upJn
port .ucb supply Of ppultfy n has fallen to tls
l,t Cf th, city dunog Christ ns. wsek. From Moodsy,
Dec. ~, TO Mordsy, Dec q, the qu.a'ty will c@r-
tsiLy exceed fry tuGs adsy. 10 fs't, tho nrrican
and Uoited States Express Co opaoies have delivered
nearly that amount from their wagons rather from
their own and the Others tls. they haze been obliged
to bre TO co tie erormo1sy ncres,e, business Of ns
week. The American Express Compsoy had t'eniy
eg esrs arrive from Monday 70 Friday, pr'nci 1A'iy
l'aded weh poultry say five iuns TO a car. Beside
the express companies the stock has been largely
added 10 by common egtt Ines by boss AMI cars,
and by county wsgors, and the BODIES of dressed
brcs 10 be seen hanging NJ every neat shop aud
erocey store and al hundreds of eI.smpozsd po1try
markets aore the streets while wagon io.d3 Of poultry
are constsnt eramou.stng in pur ut Of custo
In the markets poultry to be "a stacks that
look In irexhausiible.
Tho whoe,alo commission houses have been ncsrly
overwhelmed with whole csIgoes Piled 10 upon them
IL barrels ard boXes Of al sizes snd shapes. On
WecDeecsy one bouse sCld for cssh g. 900 vOrta
beside several ots not paid for. The average Of that
days ssl.s for tuiBes l2i cents pound. Good
Reese brought 10 10 IL ceIts ducks j. to l3 cents;
fowls ~ to II cent?. This wasfoY stock in good Order
such az that put up by Professor Wbits professor
Of pouty psckiopl sod his partners, Messrs. Boaty
whore ponluy factories have mentioned, one Of
which is located a. Aurora, and two in Chsutauqus
County Of tbs State, and one at Mansfield, Ooo. II
would he Of the grestet advart age 10 prOducers and
consumers if there very large increase OF these
poultry factories, where dunng the season, several
and tesus constantly employed. The birds
are taken il alive and if lot fat fed TIL they
As general rule farmers feed grain to stten
poultry, though they pretty careful 70 stuf them
for sae when tie rste is byt4e pound We saw yeser
day tun ortwo Of poultry from the Manifold factory
that cane in fine order srd proved the advantage Of
knowledge ard eafe applied to the buiiness. A. the
place saw lot of 3 900 geese, put up by +.
$ Burl6uit, st Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio hst had
not come ia good the lot from Msisiis,i,
became Mr. II. had used paper in teai Of straw for
packing. Remember there is no.hiDg equal 70 clean
rye straw, and without it you cannot be Of your
stuff coming in good oroer. If The veather Is cold,
Bsler viii CO. but IN soit pesthsr IT viii oiten cost you
a loss Of one Ortgo ceou - pound.
The enormou- business t"ne at Of these poultry
factories may b. uno,rstood when We state that Mr.
White estnafs the gusn.ty tht they viii put up
tbis season ss follows: AT the Manifold factory, 10
turs at the two Chsuauque fsctoIies, II tuus; and
probably at Messrs. Bcrt'ys old factory at Aurora,
IS tOus Such q factory very largely increases the
price to producer, without increasing it to consumers,
and II is Of giving ne poultry t, them in much
better order than il usually comes from individuals 1t
is positive lu1G1y to loot at the large lots from these
sc,ones they opered, being oil to one
house who ofon able to get or tyo cents extra
per pound.
The general appearance Vi the Christina stock is far
better tban II has been in sIy previcusweek and cont
eripg the immense supply, wethink tie price has been
kably We maiu I'd in favor Of shipper. Late
on Thus'ay evening az the warn Pain Commenced,
there good de Of Indication upoh Of buy
to cbeapen price, but FIiny morning opened ght
and cool, aud the sellers bs toe market at their
con lnand. Some of the shipments tht. arrived late
IN he week, of will no, sell ~ hls previous
ones Tie tsles Of "Wednesday were tte bes, Of toe
week, ard undoubtedly the largest ever msde in one
day in New-York.
The poultry business has grown into ore of almost
unimagin.d nagutade and affords the people of this
city che means Of indugng IN most exec food wni,
at II same iime 1t afords f.ir remuneration TO tue
producer. May the trade cea.rue to Increase, til.
both parties are fully satisfied. At thi, tee 1t GER
tainly Will make many merry Christmas