. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. PO UL TR r- CRAFT. 9' getting fine stock very cheap, are less than in buying eggs. Buying matured stock is buying something tangible and real; buying eggs is buying chicks before they are hatched,— the eggs contain possibilities; the stock is a reality. Prices of eggs run from $i to $5—rarely higher, though $10 or $15 per sitting is sometimes charged. The common prices are $3 to $5 for eggs from high class exhibition stock; $ to $3 for m2(lium exhibition and good practical stock. Incubator eggs are sold by tlie hundred, at from
. Poultry-craft. A text-book for poultry keepers ... Poultry. PO UL TR r- CRAFT. 9' getting fine stock very cheap, are less than in buying eggs. Buying matured stock is buying something tangible and real; buying eggs is buying chicks before they are hatched,— the eggs contain possibilities; the stock is a reality. Prices of eggs run from $i to $5—rarely higher, though $10 or $15 per sitting is sometimes charged. The common prices are $3 to $5 for eggs from high class exhibition stock; $ to $3 for m2(lium exhibition and good practical stock. Incubator eggs are sold by tlie hundred, at from $4 to $10, or $12. At the former pince they are generally from culls, and used mostly for hatching broilers. At the higher prices, eggs can be had from fairly good breeding stock. Packed in baskets or crates, eggs go every- where by express. Long distance shipments seem to give good results quite- as often as short Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robinson, John H. (John Henry), 1863-1935. Boston, I. S. Johnson & co.
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