Garfield County News | 1930-05-23 | Page 6 | Light Colored Fowls Best for Marketing

light colored fowls best for mark marketing ting in the dressed poultry trade t day the preference Is for light colt ed birds whether chickens fowls vr turl turkeys cys well fattened birds proper properly ly bled and picked bring the best prim prices defects in weeding bleeding and picking may cause a price reduction of several cents a pound fowls weighing four and one hax pounds or more bring a premium over lighter birds Br broilers must weigh at least a pound at the beginning of the season and a pound and a half or more later and be well finished to satisfy the trade fancy foncy heavy capons camons weighing nine pounds or mare more top the market ca pons weighing Ing five fire pounds or less frequently sell for less than ordinary rott roasting sting chickens smaller geese are wanted than formerly an ana young birds we weighing hang nine to eleven pounds are most in demand ducks should weigh four und and one half pounds or more and white ducks are preferred