The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-08-27
HEN FRUIT.
The Extent of tile Egg Business of Nash
Vile.
Nashville Americana

Nashville Americana
The egg business has assumed in Nash
vile during the past season, that is since
the lst of February, the vast proportions
OF $1,000 barrels. There are about seventy
dozen eggs packed in each barrel, which
makes the actual number of eggs shipped
from this city to the East during the per-
iod mentioned 25,2OO,0O0. These facts
were obtained by the reporter upon visit
ing large number Of produce merchants
who deal in eggs. The average price re-
ceived for these eggs was twenty cents
per dozen, thus making the 1900, 900 dozen
worth about 100000. But this by no
means represents the whole Of the egg
business done by Nashville merchants,
Tor during this month and September they
snip eggs South, as the price is now only
from SIX to eight cents per dozen, which
Is as low as they have been for five years.
About five years ago eggs were sold in
August in Nashville at from two to four
cents per dozen. The business commences
TO get quite brisk in October, when the
prices range from fifteen to twenty five
cents per dozen and keep getting higher
until the hens stop laying, which is gen.
orally between the 10Th and Goth of De.
cember, when they are worth from thirty
five to forty cents a dozen packed and
free on board of cars in this city.
1t is at this period that the ogg piclflors
dispose OF their stock, which amounts to
many hundred barrels. The reporter saw
about 1900 dozen picked in one cellar in
Sou h Cherry street produce merchants
warehouse yesterday. The way this pickle
Is manufactured is one of the secrets of the
trade, possessed only by few merchants,
whose experiments have cost them good
deal. Forcooking purposes these eggs are as
highly esteemed as new.laid ones, and are
only debarrcd from appearing on the table
soft'bolled or fried. The merchant who
pickles more eggs than any other man In
Nashville broke one that had been in the
brine four weeks yesterday and it did not
diner materially in appearance from a
new.laid egg. In shipping these eggs they
were taken from the brine, wiped of and
packed in barrels and cases. They cost
from 6h to cents dozen, including the
cost OF the brine In which they are co overed,
and generally bring from SO y to 40 cents
when they are sold about Christmas and
shipped East by the carload, 15O barrels
to the car.
As an egg market Nashville is second to
none in the United States, when the vol.
ume of the trade is considered, in proper
tion to the ex ent OF its ether business in
terests. In addition to this, Nashville
eggs are graded higher in the East than
those from any other section Of the United
States. This is said to be owing to the
fact that they all come from the limestone
country, which makes the contents OF the
egg richer and OF better flavor, while the
shell is much stronger, and consequently
there is much less loss sustained from
broken eggs.
The largest shipper Of eggs in this city
is colored man named Louis Winters,
who, during last February and March,
shipped from one to three car loads OF
eggs a day, his average shipments being
between 700 and 900 barrels Of eggs a
week, about $50 barrels being loaded TO q
car. These eggs went TO Cincinnati, Chi,
cago, Pittsburgh and New York. This
merchant says the average price of O
barrel of eggs in the fall is $3.50, and he
is now shipping eggs to New Orleans and
other Southern cities.
These eggs are brought into Nashville in
the farm wagons in lots OF one to lOC
dozen. Very few farmers keep over lOC
hens, and there is no farm where the egp
cropis made a specially, as there is IN the
Northw1s where 10000 hens are some
times found ON one rHEcn and 10000 on q
great many, which are devoted exclusively
TO that purpose and keeping up goou
stock Of chi, ,hrn..