The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-19
EGGS.
Tho Varied Sources from Which Supplies
for This Market Are Now Drawn.

W.
A man who eats an egg or two for his break
fast might perhaps not realize the number OF
eggs that it takes to supply tho aggregate
wants OF the people Of this own and OF the
cities and towns Of the surrounding territory
that draw more or less Of their egg supplies
from here. There were received In New York
from Jan. l to March IL of the present year
27t.HSS cases of eggs. as against 3SS, 23S cases
for the CORRESPONDING period last year. The
receipts OF eggs here last year were =. 252
cases. The great falling of in receipts in the
early period mentioned this year. as distin-
guished from the corresponding period OF last
year. was due to the widespread, long eontin-
ued and unusual severity of this years winter.
There are two standard commercial pack
ages for eggs. one a case OF thirty dozen and
the other a case of thirty six dozen. There are
about as many shipped in one siZe.case as in
the other. so that the average Of the egg pack
ages would be about thirty-three dozen to the
case. or. say. 400 egg; SO that the receipts
of seventy days. amounted to about III 800.
100 eggs. or an average approximately, OF
$4,000 eggs daily; It VIII be borne IN mind
the supply. and. moreover. that the great egg
season in the year is not winter. but snring. =,
Illinois were about the Western limit OF the
sources of supply OF eggs for this market. eggs
coming from those and from all the interven-
as well as from familiar local sources OF sup
ply: Eggs come 70 this margst now from sub
east OF a line drawn down through North Da;
kota. South Dakota. Nebraska, Kansas and
Texas daily IN the, season. Some eggs come
from Oklahoma. Eggs come practically from
ef0slywhers eat "Ssm OF The hiob linz in snS SH:s from
Ohio and Arkansas. Mississippi and Pennsyl;
vaniL Tennessee ana Kansas. Scattered
sands OF egg. shipping places. large and small.
at which eggs are collected and shipped. The
e eG t6 sei loenitty sea FT1m n' t faft SuT, RR'9 more ee or Iess
eggs come the year round: from the South
none: or practically none. in summer. and the
more limited the further South the place.
until at tho extreme Southern. points Of ship
ment the shipping Is substantially confined TO
the winter season.
The wide extension in recent years Of the
sources OF the egg supply for this market, Is. or
course. due primarily to the enormously in
creased demand. 1t Is due. also. In very large
measure TO the'great Improvement in the egg;
shipping package and the great increase and
Improvement in the facilities for transporta-
lion. Eggs come nowadays from the most dis
tant points, with remarkable Guickness; from
lance scarcely counts; We get fresh eggs from
even the remotest localities. The shipDing
ner:?f its construction. The cases are pro-
yided with what are called filters. the filters
tiers. with sheets Of cardboard between the
tiers. each egg occupying a separate pigeon
hole or compartment IN q tier.
Egg raising Is carried on now not only far
more extensively. but far more Systematically
than ever before. The breeds Of chickens
keyerywhere have been improved. though more
in scme PARTS of The country than In others.
and the improvement everywhere. continues;
There are many great chicken farms. and
many chicken raiSeIs that conllne themselves
TO special breeds. The common stock also has
been improved everywhere more or less.
Without regard to their actual price at the
moment. commercial eggs may vary In alue as
much as five cents n dozen; handsome. large.
selected. high-grade eggs NAV be worth, five
cents a dozen more than ordinory eggs. These
superior eggs may be the production Of special
breeds OF stock. but the eggs of comparatively
ordinary stock packed with care might bring
half a cent or a cent morea dozen than the
same eggs packed aS.they run. More and more
egg raisers give attention TO such details now
adays. culling out eggs that are dirty or dis
cOlored and packing them by themselves to sell,
though they may be as big and heavy and good
as the others. at less than regular. price ,-but
more than making this good by the added
price obtained for the others. due In great
measure 10 their sightliness OF appearance.
More handsome eggs may be seen Tor sale In
retail sores now than ever before.
Modern cold storage provides a means, OF
keepinRtthe eggs OF the. plentiful.seaso aRalnsi
the season of scaAt supply, and improved
methods of refrigeration and OF picking make
it possible to keep them now better than over