Excerpt from The Poultry and Egg Situation: January, 1950<br><br>Several factors contribute to the difference from State to State in the average price paid by farmers for laying mash. In general, prices tend to be lowest in the States closest to the areas where laying mash ingredients originate. The general structure of rail freight rates is such that the cost of moving animal feed ingredients from central Illinois to central New Jersey is about 76 cents per cwt., or to Tallahassee.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.