The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-19

not acquainted with the New England
poultry trade, VAS astonished TO learn that
chickens weighing from I'VE To ten pounds
were being sold across the counter at IS
cents per pound and that the available
supply WAS short This stock was merely
bled and pluckcd heads feet and cntrails
BENG weighed IN at the - cent rate
The explanation Is easy. THE fine
Boston 'ride-.Hs is true iu all great
cltes-pl efels fresh killed poultry to
that from the cold storage plants In
the early summer the market Is prac-
ucally bare OF fresh roasting chickens
since the spring Matched chicks have
only reached broilrr weight Therefore
any On" Who can supply good roastors
~ his season Il in position 10 demand
long prices.
Taking advantage OF this seasonab,e
situation a number OF poultry men have
spccluiizrd IN the production OF winter
chickens, Matching their Hooks In the fan
and bringing them to maturity just when
the dcmHHd $ keen. OF course the cost
, the demand Is keen. OF course the cost
. natural growing season, but the margin
OF profit is also larger and many OF these
men are doing exceptionally well.
New York - noted for its fine hotels
/ and Is notorious FOR the scale of prices
/ maintaining Il many Of them. The for
/ tuuatr guest At certain establishments
| is fed on the best the world affords An
| unusually expert producer of the finest
p table poultry. VINO has had much eN-
. p'TionCo In the famous market poultry
sections Of Europe, is catering to this
exclusive uadc Among other things he
grows the finest Of clrons, using stock
| which is especially suited TO the pur-
pose. finishing the fattening process in
feeding crates and dressing the birds In
the most careful manner.
| During the past winter he sold prac-
traI liz, Ia kf.1a g.,
York hotels AZ 81 a pound one order
was for rio0 pounds, amounting to a gum
| which equals the annual income of many
a struggling farm
II must be admitted that rhe quality
Of the stock was such that 1t would have
! sold At good prices on any market. but
nowhere Mt anything like that secured
through the use Of good business meth
DDS.
Just on" more instance As a. rule
hroilers sell a. low prices during mid
summer and early fail. since during that
season the vast supply from the multi
tude Of farm hocks becomes available
An elderly gentleman who makes his
living, and n good one. from n poultry
farm Of two or three acres, makes his
broilcrs pay through sales at n nearby
summer resort. He sells direct to the
consumers securing his trade through
the use ~ announcement cards and tn,
telephone. At present he IL disposrnr
~ his lightweight broiers at sl50 a
pair, say 20 cents a pound Any poul.
tryman who keeps cost records knows
that ,here Ia "A good profit in spring
Matched chicks AT such prices
These actual cases are cited merely
IN bring out tho fact that in almost
every community the business poultry
man may hnd special outlets FOR
his goods may take up some specially
, which Will bring him greater returns foi
his work No outsider can point these
out FuCh producer must study his
local conditions and then apply SCUM
business principles TO tho solution ~ hh
| pnrt,culsv problem
,CoppriOht. l9li. IN Nn'os Ncr. Al,
Ver' isirO Company, Tnc)