The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-04-13

them this i gradually becoming less posi-
BILE The farmer who would trust 10 the
honesty Of men TO handle his goods and
money Without ever iuquiring into the
results of the transaction certainly, TO say
the least, does not understand human
nature
Dealers in eggs in the cities are never
willing TO take another mans word for the
testing OF eggs. and 30 they are always in
specfed great many times before they
really md the consumer. The average
difference between the retail price In cities
and the price which the farmer gets for his
eggs varies from to cents dozen. This
difierence IS caused by spelling and break
ing Of the eggs. freighfs and the profits Of
the dealers When the eggs are brought
IN 70 the market they are tested by the
egg inspectors, who make q good thing
Out Of the business Of testing all the eggs
sent to market. II is impossible for any
producer TO palm OF stale or poor eggs on
these inspectors, for they are so used to
the business that they can size an egg up
Immediately, and generally every batch
has TO pass muster several times.
The number of eggs that are really re-
1ected and marked second-class. is surpris-
ing TO newcomer, and out Of case Of
thirty dozen it is not uncommon to have
second-classL The damaged ones are soon
in the hands of the jobbers. who have to
make haste 20 dispose Of them before they
spoil, and they always sell at reduced
rates. 1t is only the few choice ones, per
feet IN every respect. which are snapped
up by the large hotels and irst-class gro
GERS. who are willing to pay more than the
regular market price. The eggs that are
marked seconds" never sell for Price
that is very rumunerative to the farmer,
but they bring something. The coffee
manufacturers are willing TO buy them to
clarity their coffee
Preserved or lined eggs form quite .
part Of the egg business, especially in the
winter time. Sometimes country dealers
try to pass them off as fresh eggs, hut this
Is generally . hopeless task. Eggs that
are kept IN ice-hoases by the country deal
ers, waiting for q rise In prices. are also
singled out from the Others and marked
''held firsfs.n
From these few facts it Will be seen that
the egg business on the market side is
systenatized 50 thoroughly that there is
no imposition possible Everything is
brought down to an exact science and
dealers in eggs know just what they
are doing. Like all other material sent TO
market, eggs sell generally according TO
their worth. The farmer VINO thinks he
can beat the market and sell some poor
stun at the prices quoted for first-class
will never realize his end. His tricks viii
be discovered before they have time TO
mature. The moral of the whole is to give
the best, and then the best Will be re-
turned Good. honest, fresh eggs, prop
erly packed, will be picked out from the
others and bought at advanced rates.
Poor stale ones may find no market at all.
AxyIEC c. WEBSTER
AMONG THE BEES
The honey season of 1891 will begin now
In few weeks. The leaves and blossoms
OF the plants are beginning to swell and
open, and the bees are starting forth on
their summer labors. Work in the apiary
will begin In earnest. Old 6ee-keepers well
know the importance of cleaning the
house the very first thing. and they will
be about their work in good season. Ten
or fifteen minutes work viii suffice for
this, and the dead bees, wax-lifter and
other accumulations should be swept ont
and carried away. The movable bottoms
Will show their convenience now, for this
viii lessen the work considerably.
The spring of the year is the time for
those Who wish to begin bee-keeping to
enter into the ranks Aside from the cost
of bees there is little expense in starting
an apiary in . small way. Good colonies
can be secured for about S. The cost of
the other things needful viii be: smoker,
-; bee-veii, seyenty-five cents; honey ex-
tractor. $40; uncapping knife, SIS; new
hives for swarms, 81 each All that is
needed then Is pluck and energy.
Every farmer should remember that the
more bees We have the greater win be the
distribution of fructifying pollen, and the
greater Will be the yield Of ali plants. II
is an important question then to consider.
will it not pay to keep bees, and to start
small apiary this spring..
JAMES SrRAHAS.
THE IMPROVED DORSET PIG.
Wherever the Berkshire pig has been
raised its noble qualities have been adj
mired and commented upon. and there are
very few sections Of this country where it
has not found its way. It has become q
small bones, thin skin, ease of fattening
and other good qualities Pure bred Berk-
shires command good prices for breeding
purposes, and the propagation of the breed
IS extending all over the country
The improved Dorset distinctly shows
the good blood and qualities which il has
inherited from the Berkshire. In the inn
shire, Leicester and Essex stock all played
an important part. From such sources
the Dorsets have sprung, and they may
well boast of their ancestry.
The Dorsets certainly are notable swine,
and they show the greatest adaptibiiity to
fatten rapidly and easily. In all direc-
tions this breed has extended itself. chang
ing old races for the better. and mixing its
blood adyantageously With that of all
other strains and races.
For breeders for pork there is no pig that
can surpass In its many good qualities
this improved Dorset. for besides fatsening
easily in almost all localities, the pork has
q delicious flavor about it that makes il
pleasant to the taste. Their adaptahiity
to new conditions makes it possible to
raise them in sections of country where
other breeds seem 10 fail. In such q coun-
try as this adaptabiiity Is commendable
quality for animals that are to be recon-
mended for universal use. E. P. SMITH.
Worlds Fair Horticultural Bureau.
CHICAGO, April 1.-THE contest for chief
of the horticultural bureau Is still going
merrily on. and will not be decided until
Director-General Davis returns from
Florida. Walter s. Maxwell has been in
dorsed by Commissioners Forsythe and
peYoung. The latter has also secured
signatures of . number of other commits
sioners for Maxwell and has taken the paper
East with him from here. Commissioner
Mcdonald. of California. said today that
he had not signed the Maxwell endorse
ment- He does not favor that gentleman.
He is credited with SAYING that he Is de-