Excerpt from Broilers and Roasters: The Specialties of the Market Poultryman The desirable average weights for large broilers are three to three and one-half pounds to the pair; that is, a pound and a half to a pound and three-quarters apiece. They may go two pounds or more each, but when the desirable weights are exceeded they will not, as a rule, bring as high prices per pound, so that there is seldom gain, and may often be loss, by marketing these larger chickens as broilers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.