The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-02-20
-ur EGG BUSINESS.

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bough tuton, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
F~sshIns%SOon and Boston. thought that
New lol I1o,d the markets, but l de-
undel' q certain of the houses we
sired 70 ino with, to have a mutual
eero a nonding in regard to our method
rpderS ~,onts, to see how our products
d'b' PPandIed, to learn the best meth a5
ref' lacking eggs and poultry and l
otsot p rnt the most out of the sale of
bO3 psod1cts. have been to these
tbss snd returned. Great courtesy
d55' . npq was given me by the
opd a.s' men whom approached with
b%1'S fsn. for getting our eggs and
or Pl't to market, discussing the plan
PoallIp ro Worthha has already adopted
ETC. or visited first our commits
II srcbant who handles our eggs
SOD ~ that city. stated to him that
for Us a III ' to Boston to arrange for the
Ihaa s soIe of our eggs; that they were
S 's. up so we'll as we expected,
noi sn 9a.ired to know the causes, &c.
sno -. : no eggs had ever been shipped
Be tse+ c city that had at once taken
" ',s sDn prominent place in the market
8uCn"F for the first two months
Sso 5l,a not supply the great demand
Dc I liam but for the past month there
I %, bsan many complaints made; eggs
Ss5 beep returned to him which had
p'1 Sod under our guarantee that
O7sn tonnd unclean and damaged from
SSl' and smell, consequently the price
az vs. 1r9pped back with others which
D"1 an the market, and ranked no
S'ls and were not now asked for.
LIE .oii he had held a good many for
=. oost week or two, as it took hard
~a,F to get them off at the average
..;.. He then showed me several
k,ros of ours. taking them as they
,,roo from the many on hand, and L
~. surprised and mortified at what l
cav, Eggs we're dirty, in many of the
c,eos unassorted in others, and many
# the eggs as small as guinea eggs
(which size only sell for half price on
tbe markets. and some of them rot
ten, sc.
To think that a plan had been ma
ured and had proved such a great
benefit to our shippers, that some
should 50 far forget Instructions given
and ship 50 ~carelessly, causing a loss
Of from three to five cents per dozen,
not only Of their own eggs, but of all
those shipped by our members, besides
the loss and cost sustained by having
package examined and assorted by
caudling. All the packages were not
50 bad, but being a bad lot, they were
all considered bad. For these we re-
ceived, through the energetic work of
our merchant to ! cent over the reg
uIar price, as I asked him to close out
all Of ours and see if we could not
start anew. Now, brethren, we must
start over again and hold to the plans
given you by Bro. Worth, sending only
clean, fresh eggs. Our merchant as
.ures me also that if we would carry
1. the plan laid down, and which l
explained minutely, that we would not
eea5e to supply the demand for our
eggs at extra prices. This was the
opinion Of those in all cities to whom
leZPlained our plan. That the people
who are able to pay for them at higher
prices would willingly do so if they
Gould be assured that every package
E& as represented, clean, fresh and
Fa-a33orted, but some of them doubted
durability to get the farmers to stick
"'Aegaa visited one retail grocery
urn, the largest in New York City,
al4 ne told ne he paid out to one firm
IL mat city during the month of Janu-
AS!' Tor eggs alone, more than $14, 900,
nI1 LOT December more than $18, 900.
1I7s7 eggs are all selected and picked
o,7E before being sent to this grocery
-~1, he admitted to me that it would
roy lln, he had no doubt, to buy our
So ulrect, but he thought best to deal
: 1t lad done, but he assured me that
We would carry out the plan, no
- s..o' ne would be using our eggs en-
them. "nli0 Il H0 0Oul" 60U
NJ "Il'e this to show you what men
Inv INV "a nave been dealers for years in this
'ulok Of our plan. Yet I am sorry
r,;St !! mat 1t appears that some of you
tb~ 1A your plan is better; that any
ns,:. ''ned an egg will do to ship, no
r,t... 10" dirty, how small or how
Ill., Inc plan was fully explained
b. N, sent out in September by