The morning call., 1895-02-24
NATIVE HENS CACKLING.
Their Eggs in Big Demand in Eastern
Cities.

Cities.
There is great Joy and cackling among
the hens of California at present. The
hilarity has been produced by the cold
weather in the East and the lack of atten.
ton to business on the part of the Eastern
female fowl.
A dispatch published yesterday morning
conveys the information that a carload Of
fresh California eggs had just arrived in
Chicago and sold there at a profitable price
The Chicago firm purchased them in this
city for 1619 cents dozen and sold them
there for % cents dozen. A carload con
tains II, 900 dozen.
The interesting feature about the matter
is that this is the first shipment of Califor-
MIA eggs that has ever passed beyond the
Missouri River. Last year and for many
previous years the East has found market
here for their surplus, which brought good
prices. 1t is the opinion of many promi-
nent shipping men that hereafter the
Eastern egg will have to stay at home, ap-
peal to the local palate for consumption, OF
go the way all bad eggs go.
The first venture was the cause of great
activity in the egg market yesterday, and
three carloads were shipped with more
w.
other two to Chicago. The day before a
carload was started for Butte, Mont, by
the California Dairymen's Union.
An overplus in this market is a rare
thing at any time. The months of Feb
ruary, March and April are the period
when the supply is largest, though there
is no dearth in the market until after
August.
F. w. Vansicklen of Dodge, Sweeney &
Co. in speaking of the Eastern demand
for our eggs, said:
Eyes. there is slight margin for US in
shipping eggs to Chicago. We have Just
sent carload to New York and will be
satisfied if we realize a cent dozen on
them. We have at least gotten them out
of the way and that serves to keep up our
prices here. Eggs are coming in very
cases or 120, 900 dozen, which is enough to
load ten cars. If this demand had not ex-
listed in the East eggs would now be selling
for 10 and II cents dozen in this market,
and those that could not be consumed
would have to go in cold storage. All the
eggs going out of the State now will be the
cause of better prices later on. Every car
load that goes from here at the present
price of 10 cents dozen means $500 in
cash for distribution here.
W. II. Roussel of the California Dairy
mems Union, felt highly elated over the
success of the recent shipments of eggs to
the East. The union handles the butter,
eggs and cheese of about five hundred
dairy farms.
eve were the first to ship East and the
day we began to buy the price went up
from Is to IS and ri cents dozen on eggs.
We sent our purchase to Butte, Mont. I
believe it is fact that California eggs have
not found a market further East than that
point until the carload referred to was
sold in Chicago. 1t is not the high price
of eggs in the East, however, which at
tracts our attention, but it is the desire to
clean up the product here and prevent the
product from being drug at the rate of s
and 10 cents a dozen. By the way, we are
not up to the East in the shipment of eggs.
That is to say, they are not put up prop
erly, and present a bad appearance. Our
eggs were shipped in fancy new cases,
made especially for the purpose, with new
pasteboard filters, and looked better than
most of the Eastern packs that we receive
out here. The eggs are guaranteed from
the best Petaluma stock. So we know that
when they arrive at their destination they
will look WE'LL"
member of the firm of Wheaton &
Breon, 105 California street, thought the
scarcity of eggs in the East was due to the
fact that farmers were pushed for money
last year, and did not put their product in
cold storage as usual