The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-06-03
Marketing Eggs.

There is so good a lesson in the fol-
lowing story told by q correspondent
Of the american Farm Journal, of
the manner in which be made a mar
ket for his eggs, that we give it space
here. 1t contains the secret of sue
cess in marketing any class of pro-
duce. have it uniformly and reliable
good, and get reputation therefor
and there is no danger but one can
sell at good prices all he can produce.
But here is the story:
My old hens laid plentifully during
July and August, and though the
price was not large, there was a good
market for all the eggs | could spare.
| did not care to hawk around any
thing had for sale, and | sought a
dealer who had a good trade, propos-
cd to him that he should take all the
eggs l would have.
AT what price do you propose to
sell?" he asked.
AT the market price" | answer
ed.
who's going TO decide?'
well both decide. | will have
passbook and enter in it the number
of dozen | send you. When you have
counted them you can add the price
on the book, and in that way there
can be no mistakes or misunderstand-
ing"
"All right" said he; IN do
it.''
Il would like TO have you bear one
thing in mind" he added; "and that
is, that | guarantee you shall never
find bad egg among those send
You. Ii YOU will keep them separate
and ever find me wrong in this,
Will give two eggs for every bad one
YOU find in my basket"
do you mean ali that, he asked /
somewhat doubtingly.
Every word Of it, | answer
ed
"All right; see that you do it, for .
shall warrant every egg"
The merchant must have told Of
our bargain, for the next time | met .
our neighbOr, be reined up his horses
as if he had something important to /
Say, Tim!' he began, gone into .
the egg business on a big scale, amt
vou.n
why, no; not on any larger scale
than a good many others >
But you warrant your eggs, dent
you?"
| saw the twinkle in his eve, but !
was not going to back down.
Yes" / answered; II don't in
tend to carry any but good eggs to |
the market"
"Jes' so, SO | heerd. Pears to |
me you must have a mighty sight Of
in your hens"
Not so much confidence in MY /
hens as in the care Of the eggs"
Jesse! It's as good as thread;
200 yards. Why don't .
YOU put your name on each egg, /
'Tim.'
II may, by-and-by."
"Jes' so. | don't see why you
should not And he drove on.
But after all had not done so fool
ish a thing as you may think. My
twenty hens averaged fifteen eggs a
day, and | made it rule to send the
eggs to market every third morning.
| used China nest eggs, so there
was possibility Of any egg being over
lhree days old. 1t was not long be-
fore the merchant began to appreciate
he fact that here was a constant sup
ply of eggs that he might depend on
as being all right - d
| carried a basket of eggs to him
one morning, and, after he had takeh
hem. he said:
Tim, supposing | should agree to
give one cent more than the market
)rice, what effect would it have on
-ou!r
"The best effect in the world,n
We'll, it is Just like this; when YOU
old ME to warrant your eggs all
sound | thought you was confound-
ID fool. But | warranted the eggs, and
ound they were always good. Now
have a class of trade that would
pay more FOR eggs if they
,ould be sure they were good, and
purpose to ask two cents a dozen
more foT tne eggs you bring me, and
his will divide with you"
This was certainly encouraging,
md our arrangement holds to this
lay. | habitually receive one cent
dozen for my eggs more than my
leighbors do. It's an Insignificant
sum, but it counts up al the end of a
year.