Twenty-five Thousand Fowls

C. H. Morse has closed his fifth season in dressing poultry ia Ypilanti. S..G. Rowley, hi assistant, furnishes us some nterosting and valuablc facts in conncction witk it. The first year ttaat Mr. Morsu was here ka baght ftbowt tvrehre toss of poultry, which exhaasted tho snpply. That ws thought t We a ood sea5'i wrk. liia shipments then, ho wever, created aa increased demand t tke east, and stinaulated productioH here to supply it; and that process has gone on until this year h haslwught over one hundred tons of undressed poultry, nd shipped bont 731 tons of uudressed poultry. That quantity amounted to 25,188 fowls, and aniong his pickersj six girls picked 12,956 fowls in eleven weeks - all dry-picked. He shipped over for tons ot'feathers to Boston, and 1500 pounds of wing and tail feathers to Thrce Oaks, Mich., vrhere they are manufaetured into "featherbone" and dusters. Farmers do not generally realize the importance of fattening and putting their poultry in high condition. Fat poultry alvvays brings a higher price, and while there has been improvement in that respect, in the last five years, there is room for more. Michigan poultry should equal any in the market, but it is at present threc or four cents behind Philadelphia. Mr. Rowley says the Asiatics and Plymouth Rocks and their crosses produce the best dressed poultry, as some breeds of cattle make the best beef while others are preferred for milk and butter. The turkeys have been better here than the chickens in regard to size, but are not properly fed. Large turkeys hould be sold in November and December, but small ones sell well after New irear's. A large portion of the turkeys come from Hilan and vicinity. üeo. Spencer brought in eighty that averaged over fifteen pounds. The amount paid to the farmers for live and dressed poultry reached about fifteen thousand dollars, and the shoe dealers found market for one thousand shoe boxes, for shipping dressed poultry.' Mr. Morse expects to be here next season, and will not be satisfied with less than a hundred tons o f dressed poultry. -