The National tribune., 1899-07-20
SHIPPING AND SELLING.

When ready to ship squads to market
divide them up in the box or boxes, so thai
all the largest and finest lay together OF
the top of the box, and all the poorest at the
bottom. If your stock is properly looked
after there will not be many poor ones. In
cold weather it is only necessary to pack
in neat, strong boxes, in layers, breast
down. Six layers is enough, as too many
are apt to fiatten down and take away that
plump, round appearance that goes so fan
toward making them attractive and Salable
at good prices. The boxes should not be
tight, but open just enough to let little
air III.
In Summer put good layer of ice i'm the
bottom of the box, then put in your squads
and on top of them, for the last layer, put
cracked ice again. The ice melting and
the water trickling down between the birds
keeps them nice and cool until they get to
their destination. Naturally the box for
Summer use needs to be tighter than that
for cold weather.
In looking for purchasers for squads
you will find, if you can give steady sup
bly, week after week, there will be no diff
Guilty in obtaining the best class of Gus
tomers-private parties, hotels, and fine
restaurants. Make the best arrangements
you can with them as to prices and number
they will take for the season. and then aim
to retain their custom by supplying only
the best.
All game SUOTeS HdilCie SQuaDS, DuU UflG
best paying trade is private families, who
will take one or two pairs every week the
year around at O. fair price. In the markets
YOU can also sell at all times, but not al
such good figures. Try to get every pri.
vate family you can, as you get the best
| retail price from them. Find out what
| they have paid and what they will pay
| and arrange accordingly. If you live sc
| far from large city that you can not look
up your customers, it would often pay tC
advertise that families will be supplied OF
demand. Or you could consign your stock
| to good, reliable commission house, which
will often obtain very fair prices for you
| The best location, however, for Squat
raiser is near enough TO a large city to be
able to get in once a week, to look after
sales, customers, and other details. If YOU
have only a few pairs each week, they car
easily be put IN a canvas case or basket
| and carried along with you as desired.
AS to selling price, that depends on the
size and condition of squads and season
of the year. from the poorest. thin little
things in Midsummer at 20 cents pail
| to the extra large fat squads that retail in
Midwinter all the way up to 81 a pair
OF course, wholesale prices would be from
81, 10 to 20 per cent. less than these prices on
the same birds. A successful SQUAD raise,
ought to be able TO retail squads at an
average of 60 cents pair the year round
This is for strictly fifstclass birds. What
few second-grade squads he would have tc
sell ought to average 40 cents per pair the
year through, but these last should be very
few in number, only from young; breeders
With good management good pair OF
breeders ought. at a low calculation, to
clear 81 a year, often more, seldom less
The manure and feathers when properly
cared for will raise this average S to 10
cents pair, so thatif you have 500 breeding
pairs, you could reasonably expect to real
on 1000 pairs, and in that ratio according
to the number Ct pairs you keep. Good
breeders will lay from six to eight pairs of
eggs year, but it is very few that will