The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., October 15, 1910, Page 714, Image 14

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CO-OPERATION IN MARKETING POULTRY AND EGGS.
How the Farmers of a Cornmun ity Could Make Use of a Cream
ery or Milk-Route Wagon to G et Better Prices for Their Eggs.
By Prof. J.^S. Jeffrey.
have not been getting what you
should for them. This may be due
to lack of either quality or market
ing facilities, or to both.
NOW IS THE TIME TO SELL.
Messrs. Editors: October and No
vember are the two most profitable
months in the year for the poulu>
raiser and it is now time to figure
on disposing of your surplus stock.
While this is generally recognized
CO-OPERATION in marketing is
advantageous in almost all
cases, but it is of special bene
lit in the marketing of products of
which the individual has not enough
to warrant his spending much time
and money in finding a market and
getting his goods to that market in
the best possible condition. The.
farmer in most cases is in just this
position in regard to his poultry and
eggs, and it is because there seems
to be a chance at the present time
in some sections of the State to co
operate in their marketing that this
article is written.
Under average conditions the
farmer disposes of his eggs to the
STOCK AND EGGS FOR SALE
from prize winning stuff. S. C. Reds. R. C.
White Leghorns, Buff Wyandotts, Huff
Leghorns, White Wyandotts. Eggs $2.00
per setting from all yards. Cash in advance.
West Point Poultry Yards,
ED. WILLIAMS, Proprietor, West Point, Miss.
LIGHT BRAHMA
Cockerels end Pullets For Sale.
Mrs. J. A. Lord, Hermanville, Miss.
White Wyandotte* [R. C.]
Young stock, from fine strain layers, large,
snowy, one yt ar old. Hens $8.00.
GEO. W. THOMAS. - • Marion. Ala.
Barred and Buff Plymouth Rocks
Single Comb White and Brown Leghorn Eggs
for sale in season. : : : t : : :
F. M, Brewer, Crystal Springs, Mis3. !
INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS
*■> Heavy layers, averaged $7 00 per head
B for eggs tola season up to June 20th, and
Jk still laying. Will sail a lew yearlings,
/pi also young stock, in single drakes, pairs,
JKJ trios or pens. Not many fur sale; order
adr q uick. Prices reasonable, to make room
for growing stock. Illustrated catalog. 4c.
F. R. Z1LLER, Meridian, Miss.
S. C WHITE LEGHORNS
With Quality; also a Record.
D. T. SIMPSON, • . Terry, Miss.
SINGLE . Fall hatched chicks are the early
r>r\KAO shows of the following year. Egg
VAJMD prices greatly reduced for the baJ
ance of 'he season.
RHODF U> yards are full of youngsters
miuut. that (X)k like WINNERS. Write
Id A Kin m® for prices and fun description
19LAIN U of stock, also ask for my new mat*
“ ing catalogue. Meet me at the
REDS FA IR and ask to be shown AN DER
SUN’S REDS.
E. F. ANDERSON. ■ • • Clinton. Mississippi.
White Wyandotte* and S. C.
White Leghorns
► Am offering my breeders at a sacrifice In order
to make room for 2,000 young chicks also Eggs
from beet stock in the South at prices no higher
than eggs from inferior stock. Let me pay the
“ * vTc”ta1?£o R,
815 Capitol St, : Jackson, Miss.
IARRI0 ROCKS This season I W WY ANDO HE
COCKERELS have GOO of COCKERELS
AMO PULLEYS the finest AND FUuLHS
birds in my
yards I have ever seen If you want something: as
fine as is in the South to head your flock send your
orders to me. I Guarantee satisfaction to all. As
to my honesty, refer you to any business man in
the town of Terry.
E. H. Birdsong, - - - Terry, MiBS.
200 HIGH GLASS COCKERELS
Rose Comb R. L Reds. Bred to Lay. Weigh and
Pay. improve your flock with Pure Bred Males.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Write us.
J. 0. MARSHALL, Gtu getows, Copiah Co., Miss.
COCKERELS,
A choice lot of April-hatched Black Orpington
Cockerels at $2 00 each. These birds are fine size,
shape and color
G. A WILSON, JU., Greenwood. Miss.
WHITE WYANDOTTES.
I offer a few fine young Cockerels at 12 00 to
S5 00 each. These birds are from prize winners,
aud are beauties. B. G. HUMPHREYS, JR.
.Greenwood, Mias.
I
store-keeper troni wnom ne Duys ms
supplies. The necessity for these
supplies governs very largely the
time of marketing the eggs. No
product can bring the greatest re
turns under such conditions as these.
Eggs, especially in warm weather,
deteriorate very quickly — much
more so than most people suppose—
and in order to be of the most value
to the consumer should be on the
market as soon after being laid as
possible.
in some of the large cities there
has lately been created a demand
for eggs not over twenty-four hours
old and some of the dairy companies
are supplying this demand and
charging ten cents per dozen above
market price for fresh eggs.
Several creameries have lately
been started in the State and one ef
these is already marketing eggs for
its patrons. The wagons of the com
pany collect cream from each patron
every second day and the eggs are
collected at the same time. These
are shipped by the creamery and in
many cases can be sent to the same
customers who take the butter.
Men who buy the creamery butter,
paying a premium for it above what
they can get country butter for, do
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of extra quality, and it 6hould not
be difficult to Bhow these customers
that there is just as much difference
in quality between the eggs market
ed promptly and those that get to
market a couple of weeks old as there
is between creamery and country
butter.
The creameries can help their pat
rons in this matter and in doing so
can help themselves, by finding an
other source of revenue. If the bus
iness is to be permanent, the farmer
must do his part as well as the
creamery.
Quality in eggs depends on other
things beside freshness. The feed
ing of the hens and the condition
of the nests have a great deal to do
with the market value of eggs.
Many people do not realize that
the flavor of eggs depends very large
ly on what the hens eat. They do
not know that if the hens eat wild
onions the eggs will soon have the
taste of the onions.
Duck eggs are often strong-flavor
ed, and on that account are not as
well liked as hen eggs. Most peo
ple thing that this flavor belongs to
the duck eggs. The fact is that it
comes from the feed eaten. Ducks
are naturally gross feeders, delight
ing in poking about the barnyard or
marBh places for their food. Ducks
fed on good sound grain will produce
eggs of good flavor. i
i ne nesis snouia ue Kept ciuan u«
cause the shell of the egg Is porous
and the egg absorbs the odors from
any dirt that may be in the nest.
Dirt also injures the appearance of
the eggs and this lowers their mar
ket value.
A great many farmers think that
it does not pay to keep cows and
chickens. There is a lot of work
about making butter, and neither
poor butter nor poor eggs brings
much of a price. With eggs at 10c. a
dozen there is not much inducement
for the farmer to pay much attention
to hiB hens. Good eggs have brought
from 2 5 to 3 5 cents per dozen during
the past summer in several cities in
the South, and if you have been sell
ing at 10 or 15 cents a dozen you
MISSISSIPPI STATE FAIR
Jackson Miss., Oct. 25th to Nov. 3rd.
Poultry Day” at the Fair will be October 28th. Come anil see
2,000 of the finest birds in the South. A Blue Ribbon at UiIh Fair
1b a valuable aBBet to any Poultry Breeder and you can't keep the
best ones away. They will be here with their birdB. Buy your birds
from parties that have won here and you will know that they have
the quality; or better, come and select JuhI the birdB you want. See
all of the varieties cooped together and decide which ones you like
beat.
The Poultry Department at the Fair will bo worth the trip alone
to any lover of fine chickens. Greatly reduced rates on all trains.
For catalog or other Information in Poultry Department, write,
W. C. TAYLOR, Superintendent Poultry Department, Jackson, Mias.
is turkey month, there will also he
i big demand for fowls of all kinds
ind good prices can be realized for
ilmost any kind of bird if they are .
properly prepared for market.
In this connection it should be re
membered that careful grading pays.
All fowls should be assorted ac
cording to age and condition, size,
color and shanks. Never mix good j
and poor stock in sending to market,
as the poor birds always reduce the
value of the lot. In other words
uniformity of appearance and quali
ty must be considered in every
grade. Inferior stock can not be
sold to a high-price buyer for any
consideration, and If the inferior
fowls are mixed with good ones, alt
must be disposed of at a cheap price.
Poultry that is ready for market
should be sold at once. If it i» kept
on the farm after it has been prop
erely fattened, it is likely to deterior
ate. The sooner early cockerels are
sold after they are good roasters the
greater will be the profit—that is.
unless it is desired to keep them for
breeders. By selling early, cocker
els will bring a much better price
than if held until Thanksgiving
time, when the market is full.
in IUMI15 UittlRUL o»na;o ,
in mind that the comfort of the fowls
will have a material effect on their
value. Crowded coops invariably re
sults in the loss of one or two which
would have more than made up the
extra expense of providing them with
larger quarters.
Poultry should be fattened quickly
to be tender and Juicy. If the fowls
are kept in. good condition during
the summer and early fall, ten days
or two weeks of liberal feeding
should put them in excellent condi
tion for marketing. After they have
commenced to fatten give them all
they can eat four times a day. Tur
keys ought not to be confined for
any length of time. If fed liberally
while they have a free run they can
be put In condition for marketing
within ten days. There is the time
of year when the flock should be
culled closely. The undesirable
fowls will bring better prices now
than ever, and if kept throughout
the winter will only be an expense
and a detriment to the rest of the
birds. UNCLE JO.
E. F. Anderson, the Rhode Island
Red breeder, of Clinton, Miss., hat
purchased the entire flock of bird:
of Dr. J. P. Haley, of Marion, Ala.
and parties desiring stock from thii
strain should take up the mattei
with Mr. Anderson.
It has a rough surface
of real mineral mailer
on the weather side. It
is evident to anyone
that it is no more neces
sary to paint puch ' a
surface than it is neces
shiv to paint a stone
wall. Stone needs no
paint; neither does
Ainatit-. It is strong
enough in itself to bear
the brunt of rain and
wind and sun without a
coat of pa nt.
T > paint A m a t i t e
would l>e a waste of
time and trouble.
Amatite will last for
many years without any
care whatever. It is
made to !>e trouble proof
as well as iveaiherproof.
No paint is good
em.ugh to make a d< r
a >le roof ; a thick laver
Df pitch, faced with a real mineral sur
face, is far better snd that means
el mat tie.
A Free Sample will be sent on request
to nearest office.
BARRETT ILANUVAOTURINO CO.
New York, Cbloaao. PhllsHaJphl*. Haaton,
Clcctnnsll. Minneapolis. Qeteltwl. St. trails,
PitUbury. New Orleans. Kansas City.
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and le.uilry fenoe. Catalog Pree.
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