American poultry world . ket for the products of those poultry keepers who will selldirect to consumers. It is quite generally accepted by novices in the poultry bus-iness that there is more profit in catering to this trade thanin selling poultry and eggs at wholesale. While there may besome exceptions, I believe that as a rule it does not pay aproducer as well to sell direct to consumers as to sell tomiddlemen who will take all that he can produce, unless he isso situated that he cannot devote all his time to production,—?as for instance, when a plant is small and there is no op-portunity to
American poultry world . ket for the products of those poultry keepers who will selldirect to consumers. It is quite generally accepted by novices in the poultry bus-iness that there is more profit in catering to this trade thanin selling poultry and eggs at wholesale. While there may besome exceptions, I believe that as a rule it does not pay aproducer as well to sell direct to consumers as to sell tomiddlemen who will take all that he can produce, unless he isso situated that he cannot devote all his time to production,—?as for instance, when a plant is small and there is no op-portunity to extend operations. Whenever a poultry keepercan develop production to take his entire time I think that itis to his interest to do that, and sell his products at wholesale,rather than peddle them out himself. It is usually possible to market good products of this classthrough retail stores and markets at figures sufficiently abovecurrent market prices to make it cheaper for the poultryman.(Continued on Page 458.) 441. GEORGE H. GILLIES, First of Each Month by AMERICAN POULTRY WORLD CO., INCORPORATED 302 Hodge Building LOCKPORT, N. Y , U. S. A. ONE HOUR ON ELECTRIC CAR FROM BUFFALO Formerly published atBUFFALO, N. Y. GEORGE H. GILLIES President GEORGE A. CASTLE Vice-President E. D. CORSON Secretary-Treasurer Subscription—Fifty cents a year; threeyears, one dollar. How to Remit—Small amounts may be sentin silver or stamps in ordinary letter, coinbeing wrapped in paper. Send large amountsby Postal Money Order, Express Order, BankDraft, or Registered Letter. Change in Address—When ordering achange in the address, subscribers shouldbe sure to give their former, as well as theirpresent, address, otherwise the address can-not be changed. Expirations—All subscriptions will bepromptly discontinued upon expiration, henceyou must renew not to miss any number. For Reference—It will pay you to file awayyour copies of American Poultry World forfuture reference. W
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