Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-19
= - H' { -'s- -H - POULTRY SURVEY MADE

FOR NEW LONDON COUNTY | During the past year an egg market
 ing survey was. conducted in, New Lop-' don county under the direction of the New London County Farm Bureau and Extension Service. An effort was made to have as many poultrymen as possi- ble turn in a fairly complete report on the ways in which they market their
 eggs, the breed, of hens kept and other detailed, information. Forty-nine poul- trymen responded and the summary on the work which was made, up by the marketing specialist of the Connecticut Agricultural college Mir. Mehl, gives us i the following information: T. Forty-nine, producers had +12,I24 birds
 of which approximately thirty-two per l cent. were Leghorns and: about twenty eight per cent. Rhode Island Reds. Of i Wyahdottes, Barred Rocks and White l per cent. of each breed. Probably one half of the eggs brought to market are white in color and the other half of
 the various shades of brown. : = ... :, :,
 If. all the prodncers size of their hocks to the extent indicated in
 the. questionhaires returned: to; US we i would expect to find next year over a forty per cent. increase in the poultry
 population Of the. county. The town of Q NOTWlCl WpulQ nave 61l increase or over thirty per cent. and Lebanon over sixty per cent .::r.@ z --=' A+,.e : In regard to. size of focks we find
 that over forty per cent of the forty nine producers had one hundred birds or less, while nearly. sixty per cent. had 200 birds or less. Eight producers had over 800 binds. These figures show thai
 the New London county poultry indus try Is made up of a majority of small k.S fr
 the figures for egg. sales by the produc, iers. During the Hush season of March
 April and. May, about one-fourth ,o1
 these producers sell. less than one-hal
 case of eggs each week and. during thu
 months of October, November. and De
 cember, when eggs are high priced nearly fifty per cent of them: Amos one-haH of these producers sell less thai : a, case of eggs during the spring ana r about two:thirds sell less than cas- sl per week during the fall season.
 ' As we do not have data available al -fto what it costs the average produce ? to sell directly to consumers we are no s in a position. to state. definitely wheth : CT or not direct marketing paid the ma z jority of the farmers. j However, it i ! true, that over sixty per cent. of tn
 Ierage wholesale price paid for Connecti ] cut Newlaid Fancy eggs. For these pro
 ducers who obtained this price it prob c ably paid them to perform direct mar e keting, providing. they did get enoug . more so as to cover the expense Q . marketing them in that manner. IN t dould we will find among those. who ar n practically direct marketing numbe f who are selling less than a case a wee ' and if it should take half day to dis {. pose of them 1t. will cost; figuring thei n time worth $3 per day, five cents c [ more per dozen to sell their produc t onless 2 prooucer r. can sa M ge. more more Una Una :. I doubt if 1t will be worth ones troubl . to practice direct marketing of eggs.
 = Only four per can't of the sales to th 5. city stofekeepers were above the ave- age wholesale price of Connecticut new ' laid fancy .eggs '; ,s.<fs. .<ssg. aI Vary ConsiderAhIy. 7 Is! Of the fotty-ni1e persons from; wao