The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-01-25
FANCY EGGS AND BUTTER.


Stamped with the Farm Name and Sold at
Fancy Prices.
There are fashions in butter an, eggs
as there are in nearly everything elss,
Catering to a trade that they have cre-
rted u of the whims OF people for
delieately and oains;.y put up dairy
products, there have been established
this past year or two u half-dozen and
more artistic snaps. These have but
little chop trade" but from an early
hour each morning their wagons
through fashionable sections deliver
cream, milk and eggs fresh from great
diaries up the 1l'er, the. prod let's Ct
world-fsmed herds and poultry yards.
In each of these wagons is a sInartly
dressed buttons" a delivery boy tha
seems. from his immaculate uniform,
like q private servant.
Though cream and n,ilk-in imnlacL-
late jars-constitute the large part OF
the business of these dairies, daily de-
~liveries of butter and eggs are also TN
important branch. The eggs are packed
in dainty paper boxes, each in a com
partment by itself, and are carefully
stamped with the poultry yards name,
which is a guarantees OF their absolute
excellence. The diaries are selling such
eggs nowadays at 4s cents a dozen. or
double the ordinary price for strictly
fresh" eggs in New York to-day, ard
in some places they are sold for even
more than that. The diaries nave this
ENORMOUS advantage-their eggs are
bought because of the stamp upon
lem, and the price makes little differ
fnce to their customers. In most cases
they would be purchased just the same
if the price was raised 100 per cent.
An interesting fact about this is that
at the same shops precisely the Same
eggs can be purchased, without the
stamp and without the careful packing
in dainty boxes, fer as low as 80 cents q
dozen, even, These, of course, are not
guaranteed" but, rs a matter. of fact,
they r just as good. The distinction
the diaries make is hat these un-
stamped eggs are for Kitchen use, aud
the stamped ones for the table. There
are any number of orders upon the
books of these shops for a dozen or is
stamped eggs to be sent to residences
each morning of the year.
That il proverb, eggs are eggs"
is not correct according to l1qderR
ideas, One egg, it is certain, can quite
differ from another in point of excel
;ence. The poultry yards which are
owned by these diaries find it 10
small task to keep their product up to
their standard. To do this they have
to pay the most careful attention to
their fowls, feeding them a special diet
and keeping them healthy by the best
known scientific methods. These pre-
cautions entail DO small amount OF
extra work, and guaranteed eggc'
therefore have quite naturally an in
creased market value,
With butter it Is the same. The
difference in price between everyday
firstclass butter and the products Of
rhe famous diaries that have a name
behind them is even greater than it
is in the case of eggs. Thirty-fve to
40 gents a pound is a goodly price for
most people 10 paF, and yet there pre-
hundreds of families that submit with
great clIeerfIlness to a charge of from
SLIPS to SITS per pound. Of course,
few of the diaries get up to this top
figure, but IL nevertheless is an estab-
lished price for some people,
Fancy butter like this is beautiful
to look at: Its rich, soft color is en-
HANGED by the carefully, exquisitely-
made pots into which it is nodded, and
tho artistic stamp which adorns it,
This stamp is the mark of the farm,
and guarantees its quality better than
a thousand afidavits could. A favorite
method of putting it up is in square
pound molds. divided by depressed
into four small cakes, ach weigh
ing a quarter of n pound, and each
bearing the stamp of the farm. Each
quarter pound or pound, as the ease
may be, is delivered in a handsome
box especially made for it.
These dairy shops in town are fitted
up in the most elaborate way. Pure
and geld constitute their decora-
ton, and they are kept as spotless as Q
new pin. Floors, ceiling and walls are
tiled a clear perfect white, the
long counters are polished marble, and
The ratings and fittings are of the
brightest brass.-N. Y. World.