The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-03-16
Prices Of Poultry Products and PouI-
try Feed.

Prices Of Poultry Products and Poui-
try Feed.
Recently the Farmers Review asked
Of some OF our leading poultry raisers
the following questions: So far as
your experience goes, have prices for
poultry and poultry products been
higher this winter than ordinarily
Has It cost more to feed poultry this
winter than in previous winters? What
sre the prices prevailing in your
ueighborhood for poultry feed and
poultry products?
Among the replies received are the
following:
S. H. Cotton, St. Clair county. Iowa:
Poultry products have brought more
this winter than formerly; but It has
also cost more to feed poultry. Corr
Is now 80 cents, wheat SIS cents, Kani
corn 40 cents, oats Is cents Eggs are
selling at IA cents a dozen, chickens
to 8 cents a pound. Thoroughbred
poultry are more numerous than ever
before and prices are better.
o. P. Bennett, Grundy county, iii
nois: As / am in the fancy poultry
business can speak from that stand.
point only. Prices for choice exhibit
tion Buff Plymouth Rocks have never
been SO high nor the demand so great
| have sold many eockerels at from
t25 to $50, and could have sold twice
as many more had | had them to
spare. It costs no more to raise q
$50 bird than 1t does Accent one and
the profit is just that much greater.
Feed prices have not been as high
with me this year as they were last.
! cannot understand why farmers do
not do more with poultry have
only village lots and still from It
with my poultry | sell over $1,000
worth Of stock and eggs each year.
H. f. Harrison, Clay county, ILL
nois: Prices for poultry have been
higher this past season than usual,
corresponding With seasons OF preyi.
Gus years. Eggs sold for as high as
2s to SOc per dozen near the holidays.
From my own observations poultry
has done better this winter than usual
2nd feed has been cheap and foraging
good; very little complaint Of diseases.
Corn is from 35 to 4Oc per bushel.
oats 25 to 30c per bushel. Hens are
10 and lie per pound here; past winter
1sO1-O2 corn was s5c per bushel and
oats E5c per bushel
Merrill Bowers, Howard county,
Iowa: Poultry and eggs have both
been higher in this section this winter
than for some time. The dealers here
started the season at prices above the
highest in any previous season. Eggs
have been quite a little higher than
usual They reached 2sc at one time
this winter. Yes, it has cost more to
raise poultry this season, as feed Of all
kinds is high Can't tell what it
has cost me as ! bought my feed at
wholesale early in the season.
/. w. Hutton, Linn county, Iowa:
Prices for poultry and eggs have been
higher this year than for a good many
years, and those having poultry for
sale must have made q profit on the
feed consumed, as feed has not been
as high as It was last year. Corn is
worth 40c, wheat Soc. oats 25c, good
chickens IL to 12c, turkeys IA to 15c,
and hard to get. eggs at z2c.
c. P. Gundlach. Logan county, III
nois: Prices for poultry have been
higher this season than at any previ-
ous time, while poultry feed has cost
little more than usual Feed costs:
Corn, 35c; oats. 32c; wheat. CSC per
bushel. Eggs are selling at % cents;
spring chickens IL cents per pound.
hens at . to 10 cents.
W. A. Doolittlc. Nemaha county,
Kansas: Prices for poultry products
have been better than usual, and feed
has cost very little more. Wheat is
60c. corn s5c, oats 20c. Vegetables
are very cheap Eggs are selling at
Is to zoe per dozen, and live poultry
at to &c a pound.-Farmers Review.
Alexander Grant, Cedar county.
Iowa: Poultry and eggs have been
higher here than usual this winter.
Wheat Csc per bushel, corn about 40c
and oats from 25 to CSC per bushel.
Cost Of feeding poultry is somewhat
higher than average this winter.
Ed MeCulloch, Floyd county, In
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