Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-23
IMPORTED EGGS.
Recent Heavy Shipments from Europe
How the Floods Affect the Supply.

Recent Heavy Shipments from Europe
How the Floods Affect the supply.
Eggs of the new laying, are now
coming to this city, mostly from Vir-
ginia, as the region from Ohio and
Kentucky, which custoniariIy supplies
a portion of the crop, is now over
flowed. As the warm weather comes.
the supply increases rapidly. When
the railroSd communication With the
South is rzfslde more extensive and
Regular, we will draw our principal
supplies from the region of Virginia.
The import alton of eggs fro1r the
DOrthwt stern part of Europe is still
continuing" aeid q member of one of
the Target firn,s in this line, "and
will continue each winter. rhere.art
enough eggs produced in the United
States for our supply, but they are not
always available. A flood like that
now in progress on the Ohio will cut
o!s one source of getting them, and II,
heavy storm another; while, as is,
we'll known, hens do not
lag 10 any extent i'm cold weather
The eggs which we-are now receiving
FROM abroad are well packed, and come
here in boxes of 80, S3,ond 40 dozen.
They are sent on COMMITS ion, so that
II thrre il any loss IL falls Oh the ship
per. They come from Denmark and
N"r3a Germany. Those from Ger
many are smaller than those laid i'm
this,country, and worth Less per dozen,
while those from Denmark are fine,
large ones, of greater value than the
average. The mportation of eggs il
not *. entirely new thing, having been
done occasionally forf four OF five years.
Last year was the first, however, in
which there was any quantity brought
in. They gave good satisfaction and
sold readily. This year they sell very
iree'I If there bad been sen times as
greao a supply we could, have got rid
OF them. 1t is, however, risky bust
ness for those who send sbem, as the
market might change in few hours. |
Is, telegraph they can loarn the posi- !
tioh Of our market, ana can get them |
IN our stores IN fourtsen or fifteen |
daFs, and If tae position of BUYERS
ana sellers Is not materially Changed |
thsy can bor disposed OF mt n |
pntit. During the recent scarcity
lhey TOOK advantage of this fact and |
sent what could tie obtained, max ing
iaipe prolts. Had tne market lone |
down materially they would have j0st.
$50 NV '''"t ~ ibt4htl 10 DrlfIR pLyps |
from Ohio - from BEemen, and lhev
a'e week fresher. This, whea = on
consider that a month is ab,, At the
ilnie wheaan egg passes from the first
TO da. the second 9ualiay, is an important
Another importer from Eur,pe said I
that The movement this yaar hn6,
been attended with success, IS IL had |
last year. II was u happy s1oke. The
eggs which we've recei ed from Den. |
mark were mostly litIed, aud were ne /
good for all Gses except boiling as |
freSn eggs. phese were very large and |
handsome ones, and theiiming Mas go |
WEI done that they presented every
appearances OF being 'resh
eggs. Most of them came In
iop1 boxes, containing from 30 |
u 10 dozen, and those that they had
received were placed In refrigeratinr
warehouses, where they were KEN M |
temperature Of about thirty eight de-.
grees--too hiph TO freeze still, at The
same time. being low enough 10 com.
teract the tendency to decay. He
could Keep them for four or sfive
months there in perfectly good condi-
ton, and he had even seen tloso
which lind been preserved for much