The Farm-poultry . alarge part of the arrivals have been goingdirectly into cold storage, and the offerings on,the open market have at uo time been burden-some. During the first half of last week consump-tive trade was considerably quieter, manydealers and retailers having carried over partof their heavy Easter purchases, but thedemand iucreased again toward the close ofthe week, and prices for desirable regularpackings fully recovered the earlier late many dealers have been looking forbetter grade eggs than can easily be foundoutside of the storage selections, and there hasbeen a t
The Farm-poultry . alarge part of the arrivals have been goingdirectly into cold storage, and the offerings on,the open market have at uo time been burden-some. During the first half of last week consump-tive trade was considerably quieter, manydealers and retailers having carried over partof their heavy Easter purchases, but thedemand iucreased again toward the close ofthe week, and prices for desirable regularpackings fully recovered the earlier late many dealers have been looking forbetter grade eggs than can easily be foundoutside of the storage selections, and there hasbeen a tendency toward a closer range between ALMOST BEYOND BELIEF Following is a letter from one of the best known and most expert market poultrymcn in New England. This letter speaks for itself — AND SPEAKSVOLUMES. It tells what an ordinary poultry grower—a man with only SO to 100 hens—has been able to accomplish by employing the latest and best methods inthe production of prime table poultry-TH K KIN D THAT J. H. CURTISS. ci irnss POULTEA C. W. CuitTISS. The Pair of Cat six monthFood and Hi apons thai wei< old. Were fe<gh Protein Bee Bbed i I ( .Villi! f S. rai .! poundsrs Chdcfc Breeders of UTILITY DF-OTTVXj. Liglit Ilrahmas, While and Barred Plymouth Rocks. White Wyandottes, Emtxleu Geese. West Norwell, Mass., April 13,1906. Cyphers Incubator Buffalo. N. Y.: The two capons shown in the photograph herewith were straight Barred Plymouth Rocks, the pairweighing alive. 23 pounds when they were six months old. They were raised by Mr. Pratt of Hingham,thisstate. He hatched them in a Cyphers iucubalor, and fed them Cyphers Chick Food, with a little beef scrapadded after they were four or fixe days old. There were about SO chicks housed in a room L2 x 15 ft., with anoutdoor run abeut 12 x 60., ft., well covered with green rye when the chicks were started. After the clricks were four weeks old. they were fed cracked corn and beef scraps, with some crackedwheat and b
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