. Our domestic birds; . ford them. As this is true of all perishable food articles, as well as ofpoultry products, the growth of cities was restricted as long asthere was no means of bringing provisions quickly from placeswhere they could be produced at low cost. When steam railroadswere built, this restriction on the growth of cities was partlyremoved. Many cities then began to grow very fast, and thedemands of their population for cheap food led city dealers in DISTRIBUTION OF MARKET PRODUCTS 279 provisions to look for supplies in the towns and farms along therailroads. Many such dealers had
. Our domestic birds; . ford them. As this is true of all perishable food articles, as well as ofpoultry products, the growth of cities was restricted as long asthere was no means of bringing provisions quickly from placeswhere they could be produced at low cost. When steam railroadswere built, this restriction on the growth of cities was partlyremoved. Many cities then began to grow very fast, and thedemands of their population for cheap food led city dealers in DISTRIBUTION OF MARKET PRODUCTS 279 provisions to look for supplies in the towns and farms along therailroads. Many such dealers had before collected provisions bywagon as far from the city as was practicable. These men couldnow greatly extend their routes, because, having collected a wagon-load, they could take it to the most convenient railway station, shipit by rail to the city, and go on collecting, instead of spending aday or more in delivering their load in the city. Very soon afterrailroads were first built, many farmers began to produce more. Fig. 226. Fattening chickens in crates at a poultry buyers (Photo-graph from the Bureau of Chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture) poultry and eggs and to ship them directly to the best city marketthat they could find. As the demand for their produce was usuallymuch greater than could be supplied from their own farms, suchfarmers often began to buy from their neighbors, thus becomingmiddlemen as well as producers. In many cases such men wrouldafter a time find it to their advantage to move their headquartersto the city, and would ultimately build up a very large business. 1 If the farmer sells his chickens without fattening, the buyer can fatten them inthis way and so make an extra profit. 28o OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS In nearly all farming sections, even those most remote fromcity markets, there is a short period in the spring when thereis a large surplus of eggs and sometimes a period in the fallwhen there is more poultry ready for market tha
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