The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-04-07
EARN AND HOuNEHOLp.
Importation OF Eggs into Eng.
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The amazing increase in the impOrta.
ton ofeggs from the continsn. raises the
question why the British farmers do mot
make an effort at least to a share in
large proportion the profits Of their pro.
duction with tho foreigner. In order to
mako the reader sensible of the magni-
tude Of this question, We give the figures
OF tho decennial imports: In 1910, 92,-
149, 40; 1850, 106, $50 900; 1850, 1877, $685..
4UO; 1870, 436, s42, 2iO; 1874, 8S0,552, $50;
1876 TO 0ctoberl, 667, PSI, 800.
Il this ofno instruction In the eyes Of
the British farmer, when be Ia complain
ing OF the unproftableneSs ri his profess
sion when E2,5OO,oO0 year Is being paid
to foreigners for egg alone, to say MOTH
ing Of the added value Of the poultry
and feathers? OF the large number Of
eggs received the great bulk comes from
France, although we alsO pay TO Belgium
some $4,000 or 100000 annually for
eggs. OF the supplies from ireland We
have no definite returns but they are
large. The French egg trade In il pres
ent extension is Of comparatively recent
date. The number imported into tho
United Kingdom twenty years ago was
only ll7,O00,000; last year it was over
$50, 100000, aud this year it is even larg'
err. Tue value Of the eggs imported into
England in 1874, (nearly all from Nor.
mandy and French Flanders) exceeded
c., 100000.
In 1859, according to the official re-
turns, 24O, 100000 eggs were sold in Paris,
being nearly 200 10 each person Of the
population. The eggs brought to marke!
are verified by agents appointed by the
administration, who are called "mireurs
cor,pteurs," and tho. eggs are submitted
to three operations-frSt, counting. to
verify the number Of eggs il the paniers;
passing them through rings to test their
size and value, and final inspection to
separate the clean and fresh eggs from
those stale or aided. Small eggs in the
markets Of Paris arc those which will pass
through a ring Of four centimetres.
Hence French egg merchants have rings
Of different sizes to Try the eggs.
When FIRST direct CONNER co was open
ed in 1851 by a steamboat called the
Grand Turk from Southampton, lots Of
oygs were sent over from Brittany for
sale. But these little Breton eggs were
smaller than the ring maker had ever
thought possible, for they all went easily
through the smallest ring, and OF course
only fetched the smallest price. Since
then the introduction Of Brahma and
Creye Occurs has greatly improved the
breed Of fowls.
The number of eggs annually laid by
fowl is estimated at 50, which would
weigh about 8 pounds, and, as fowl
seldom weighs more than 3 pounds, q
hen lays annually eggs double her own
weight. Seventeen eggs will weigh on
the average kilOgramme, or q pounds.
Honfeur eggs are regarded as the beat in
France, and generally fetch from Is. to 6s.
per hundred more than Cherbourg eggs.
The Cherbourg cases contain about ! ,l25
eggs each, and the half cases from Hon
feur 600. They arrive chiefly at South.
ampton, but imports are also made at
Bristol, Weymouth, Poole, Shoreham,
Newhaven and Littlehampton. The
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up 10000 tons Of fresh eggs a year, or
more than 100000 week all the year
around, The quantity shipped from Ca.
lais in 1874 was 5O4, l60 kilOgrammes in
weight, or about 9,5O0,00O eggs.
Mr.. HOLMAN, the British Consul at Cal.
lais, points out that the nature Of the soil
has much to do with the quantity OF eggs
laid. an this neighborhood," he re.
marks, "as well as near Boulogne, there
exists quantity Of silica in the soil,
highly favorable for egg.laying purposesi
remove the fowl from this peculiar soil,
and this fecundity ceases, and that this
is the case about here as well as in the
neighborhood Of Boulogne, Is we'll
known" At Amiens, again, this same
quality Of soil is found, and the poultry
from this district arc remarkable for
their laying qualities; indeed, they are
the "most celebrated layers in France"
THE Grocer Eng).