The Farm-poultry . economics feel these figures on!< consumption are very nnich too low, that; from $45,t.)(Hi,i«K) to ,$5(1,0(10,(1(10 is morei nearly correct. It is evident from thistliat there is not nuich danger of ourmarkets being flooded very soon, withproducts of excellent (jualitj\ at least. On account of the great disparity betweenproduction and consumption of poultryand eggs in Massachus tts the producershave practically a retail trade for theirI protlucts, whereas poultrymen in sectionsI of the country where there is an over-i production are obliged to ship their eggslong distanc
The Farm-poultry . economics feel these figures on!< consumption are very nnich too low, that; from $45,t.)(Hi,i«K) to ,$5(1,0(10,(1(10 is morei nearly correct. It is evident from thistliat there is not nuich danger of ourmarkets being flooded very soon, withproducts of excellent (jualitj\ at least. On account of the great disparity betweenproduction and consumption of poultryand eggs in Massachus tts the producershave practically a retail trade for theirI protlucts, whereas poultrymen in sectionsI of the country where there is an over-i production are obliged to ship their eggslong distances or seek what might betermed a foreign market. In otlier words,the poultry producers of this state arenearer the constmier than those of anyother section of the Lnited States. 1think also that we are perfectly safe inmaking the general statement that themiddlemans prolita on i)oultry anil eggs1 are mucli less than those on most otherfarm products. As an illustration of bowthe market is brought to the poullrymans. Hutl IMymoiitli K<:l< Hen W. Noye8, New London, Conn. <loor, take the summer hotels which arelound in all sec-tions of the stale wherepeople from the larger cities siiend theirvacations. These assure a good price foreggs during the smumer months whenthey are usually cheap in the regularmarkets. Climate. Tlie climate in this stale is very favor-able to poultry culture indeed. We donot have the extremely cold spells inwinter nor the prolonged hot ones insummer found in the more central por-tions of our country. At first thought,one might suppose that a section of thecountry having warm winters, or in other words, i)erpetual summer, is better suitedfor poidtry than ours, but in practice it isfound that imder such conditions morework is required to keep down such pestsas lice and mites, and disease than tocare for the poultry. Another point thatshould not be overlooked is the fact thatthe greater part of this state is not troubledwith fogs to such an
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