A POULTRY PROBLEM.
SELLING BY WEIGHT URGED. The number of poultry in the Dominion has increased by half a million head during the past five years, biit prices are as high as ever, ami first-class table birds arc at a premium. Discussing the matter of table birds, Mr. F. C. Brown, of the Agricultural Department, contends that a matter which should receive the attention of poultry societies is that of selling by weight. Not until this reform is brought about, he urges, will the consumption of poultry be extended and the produce]' be induced to pay proper attention to this branch of the business. Under the present crude method of barter there is no encouragement to the farmer or poultryman to properly fatten his birds, and in dealing with any unsatUfactory article, such as the ordinary fowl sent to the market, there is always, and necessarily so, disappointment and dissatisfaction to all concerned—to the farmer, the dealer, and the consumer. One of the be.-t means of encouraging the production of good table poultry will be tho placing of the marketing of the birds on a proper footing, and to do this the institution of a system of selling by weight is imperative.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1382, 7 March 1912, Page 8
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202A POULTRY PROBLEM. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1382, 7 March 1912, Page 8
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