Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-06-25
THE POULTRY PRODUCT.
Some Idea of Where the Eggs Como
from.

New York city consumes between g.
900, 900 and 5000, 900 eggs daily. pro-
duce dealer who handles more eggs than
any other concern in the country, says
| that if the whole surface Of the State of
| New York were covered with hens they
could not lay enough eggs to supply New
| York city. OF course New York State
| yields rany eggs, but the larger cities
OF the INTERIOR like Albany, Troy, and
! Syracuse, use most of the eggs the New
| York farmers produce. The same is the
| case with Long Island. The local resi-
dents consume the home supply. New
| Jersey does not produce as many eggs as
! its citizens consume at home.
| Half dozen Western States supply
| the bulk of all"the eggs which are con-
sumed in New York city. Indiana sends
| the largest number. Next in the list are
Ohio, Michigan, and Iowa. 1t is esti-
mated that Indiana is the largest egg
| producing State in the country. Illinois
! hens produce many eggs, but they nearly
all go to the Chicago market. Hereto
| fore Canada has shipped into the United
States hundreds of carloads of eggs. For
| the last three or four years Canada
| has annually shipped about $4,000, 200
| worth of eggs to this market.
| The present duty on foreign eggs prom
| Uses practical prohibition against i'm
ports. Previous to the change in the
| tariff considerable importations Of eggs
were made from Europe, commencing
three or four years ago. These Eu-
ropean eggs were gathered principally in
| Southern Germany and in Italy, and pre-
| served. The dealers say that picked
| eggs while not good for pOaching or
! boiling, because the shells are BRITTLE yet
are useful for many other purposes.
Commission men say that eggs are
handled at a smaller profit than other
| food products. The shipper buys di-
rectly from the farmer as rule. He has
| his wagons. which drive from farmhouse
to farmhouse at stated Intervals, collect
ing the eggs. At this season or the year
| the loss from bad eggs is very small, ana
when the shipper has carload ne packs
the eggs in cases or barrels, and starts
them to New York. They are consigned
to a commission dealer, who charges
per cent. on the sales.
The cost Of bringing eggs from great
distances is less than one WOlld think
The large shipments reduce the cost OF
freight. 1t costs about threeq9arters or
a cent a dozen more to bring eggs from
ONO imam from JnG vicinity Ol NEW 1OIf3
and only / 4 cents a dozen more to bring
them from Iowa. 1t is generally the
supply Of eggs from the Western States
which fixes the price in the East.
Eggs are highest and scarcest from the
first of December to the middle OF Feb
ruary. OF late years, however, there
have been liberal shipments during these
months to New York City from Mis-
souri, and Kansas. Eggs from the latter
State have a fair reputation among deal
ers. There are many carloads shipped
in from Tennessee, Maryland and Nir
ginia. During March and April eggs
pour into New York City from all direc-
tons.
The Indiana and Ohio shippers are
particularly active. Generally about the
first of April eggs are shipped in to New
York at the rate of 4 1000, 900 or 5,OOO,O 600
a day, and prices usually drop very fast.
Commission men have to be pretty busy
in handling eggs in warm weather. Heat
is the eggs great enemy, and farmers
are not always as careful as they might
be in handling their eggs. Twenty-tour
hours at a certain temperature will start
the process of incubation and spoil the
egg. An egg which has been kept for
three weeks in an even temperature OF
about 36 degrees is much better, and APP
parently much fresher, than one which
has passed twenty hours in tempera-
ture of SO degrees. american Cut
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