New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-23
AMERICAN HEN DEFENDED'
HER ACHIEVEMENT WORTH CHo"iNo
OVER.

cur ppr,xs ALI. RECORDS OF GALLlNAChoCS
,,.,,.>r,rv AND PRODUCES THE CHEAP
EST FOOD IN THE MARXET-EGoS
NEVER so PLENTIFUL IN
THE CITY.
r,o A,,or,can hen Is now, paradoxicaly speak'hs'
.coc,, q, the walk" She has calamity broken 'he
inform tonal record Of galnaceous iecuho!' 1893
were never before so plentiful
Now doth the little busy boy improve eacn S''"s
a., ,.rar nm with ninblest hand the eggs IA ) mems
60 lay.
The receipts in this city are much larger INA"
o.ar hofore Durrg the last six days lls''c- caseS
zach containing from thirty to thrty-siA uo~.
ocrs have been received or these Dis $50 49,
were received on Monday 26Ii1 on TUESDAY -0''o'
on Wednesday, and 260il yesterday. Iuesday was
n "red-lettcr' day in the egg trade the 'cceip.'
bo,ry the largest ever recorded In a"s'
d,v IN this city The largest daily receipts h''Hc'
recorded were on March q and 70 last year. "iie"
20 III cases were received against 1ls2f las' Ao'iS
and Tuesday, the DcinS LOU cases. / 'o'"
January l. 1884, TO yesterday. inclusive V'r'-'' ~
were received. against only 3o''-ol dur''iS '"e III
RESPONDING period OF last gear, Deih3 an 'nst
10 9,9 cases in less than three months. Inc 'o'"
receipts during last year were Z'--o''oI e''S'' ~
OYER .0OOC0CO eggs. The present year Is eAP0N.'
70 be the banner" year. so Tar rs receiv'' >" ~
u,o gre concerned. and It IS estimated that thfy
win considerably exceed 2.5oCOO cases. Containing
more than one thousand million eggs
THE CHEAPEST FOOD PRODUCT IN THE hAhi'"r
Eggs are now tie cheapest food product III 'i,e
ror,sct Their wholesale price yesterday was Only
70 cents a dozen. and several sales We're inaue yes
,ordoy for lls cents for mex. weeks delivery, SELL
o-,e on,ion on the corresponding date or last
wear the price y corts ana four "ee!" eai''14
II was 20 cents a doz.n. The stocks OF Ice'''ac
ocgs aud ,lmcd and picked eggs nave peeh co''',
n.e,ci, exhausted. SO many OF those eggs haa
been eaten uo to few Gays aAo 'i"l s.'.,
palates pacd" bit now eager applates may nave
toast or ham.
ana nev--iad eggs. which Raucs busy care
Tuna ~ gentle fire and roasted rare
TIE egg trade last year td rot b:ng ro|9 2ron;
| ~ cants 4 Go2en Upward. and being compelled -
CELL then, htge 70 pdsrr AT 81 " tfousanGs Of
/ dollars were lost That unfortunate experience mas
their eggs as long possible and this fact WITH
the unprccedentcily extensive recebts haS s''0'is
| tendency stiIl further 70 Gep'css prices
TIE AMERICAN HEN IN HISTORY.
The American hen has at last achieved for her
self en- honoreG place IN the history Of tho hers o.
all rot,ons when IL shai come to be written; for
the impartial historian VIII surely see to 1t that,
! Ike Abou Ben Athens name, hers shall lead al!
the rest she has well earned the distinction she
now en- joys and all galnaceans should be PROUD Oh
the prominence into which she has brought the''
respected family Shc is both alert and active.
She scarcely waits until the early village cock
twice doth sciuta;lon to the morn ere she starts
ont, or rather IN with cheerful alacrity Tor her
/ DAVIS labor. and. when she cackes forth JOYOUS
.Urnrd ON his own durgAill." with more Yomp9rs
! strut and more oxutant crow, eggs her q" -
! essay still grea ter achievement, - =, SO
The American hen, however. has one source OF re- r.
greet from which she niey never he t,ii'vS YEA h IA
LAYING eggs. Jar a IS kno"l up 20 udIe' II 'ar
yet been able as twSre TO p.oIuce !" ~ ,b D
t tnlTe nut wh persstcn Industry be able
accomplish under more prcp'iiou clrCutns'e ~.
rerha Ier s b onsnt IT 70 afu Cpl are deeply
debted 20 s!age hen primal 4hn a. sI isroy ss
OF this vast Continent
SOURCES or NETWORKS EGG SUPPLY.
The best eggs In this marsc; are received mainly
| from Indiana Iowa. Missouri "aI kaA:as. Ih'y
| are known In the trade IS Western eggs, am tie'r
! hghcst grades always command the hgAcst pE'ces'
except those Of limited supply OF choice LeSaorn
eggs from this State. which are now selling nj from
10 TO - cents n dozen \ large supply Of southern
| eggs IS received mainly from Virginia, Tennessee
! and North Carolina. They are smaller. less nutrl-
tios than Western egg. ard are always from 2 -
| / cent Il dozen less IN price tfnn ihe latter. me
supply of Long Island eggs Is comparatively IN
s,gnacnu and in fac, H. 80 limited thHt nose
ees x;gt rather In ncsi5a than In flct. n"Iry All
Of the so-eled yLons isan1 egg5 p. {. S' 81
. cents dozen Canadian ,grs. ana very Jew are
received here Ire t1ru 'tnF'fS ntr uHfi ny
irving 10 have the duty removed. watch You'd be
detrimental to the American hen. whose industry:
though not an infant ore. ought neNcrthe."sS %
| be protected agars; the INVASION OF her "Canuch
competitor over the border. and she herself De
heartily encouraged 20 pu; forth greater Efforts Tor
the home norkc'. =. 49,, ,
The American hen Is an hanor % the Nation, and
GREAT SCARCITY OF DUCK AND GOOSE EGGS.
Duck onl goose eegs are scarce and dear. the
former se.Ang at from 81 u % cents dozen. AMI
the latter az from 70 70 50 cents TIE favorite
duck eggs come from Maryland. AMI the soose
eggs are received mainly from the West Ducks
are deemed w probable property They are raven
Gus caters. and lag during only aocut two months
! I'm each year. whic the hen Is less OF SourTani
! and - almost a perennial producer OF her neatly
and tDr,hSome sIle-1iIs. Thc Duck may eTcci me
hen in aquatic accomplishment. buy wAen II cones
a., tacl,,,' he on her layout y specify be-
comes a very '"ame" duck. The American hen may
truthfllly NV. and with pariOn1nle pride: 'DuckS
| NAV cone ami ducks may -, but lay on for
! ever"
4 TYDE CONDEMNED-