Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1900-12-26
EGGS IN ST. LOUIS.
Growth of the Trade Has Been AL.
most Phenomenal.
More Than 26.OO0,OO0 Dozens Re-
ceived In the City in the Course
of a Ycar-Facts About
the business.

The recent Intellectual attempt of the
egg dealers of ST. Louis to establish an
independent egg exchange has served
TO call attention to the magnitude OF
tho egg trade of the city, says the Re
public.
The receipts Of eggs at st. Louis, &C
costing to figures furnished by thi
various railroads and ,lTrs com
vaHics, run as hinh as sg,.a. eases. e
I dozens to tie c.sr. pr aGuum, which
would make a t.'.i ri -o,!'t.s.I dozen
q year received ~ river and rail. Il
Is estimated thai 80 Per c.u;, are re.
cpjycl by wagon I.rn rrdrJy points.
making a grand total If .J.cCC.A;2
= zen, or S55,9a7.cG eggs received ,.ch
year. an average If 2g.tGG.l;2 each
mouth. or Gi5.-Sv each day, including
Sundays.
Estimating The average price of egg,
FOR the yea. al p fraction more than
Is cents a duZ.E. which j. . r.y low
estimate. this would make .hc 0llue
of the egg receipts Of st. Louis mere
than $5,ooo,ICu annually. or nearly Sl3,
700 a day.
The shipments Of eggs from ST. Loui,
are about $40. - eases. lG.1gi.96g dozen,
or 197, 939.:2J Eggs annually. making
The consumption in -. Louis Is u.s..
IA eggs annually. or i33.Oa6 a day, rs
the population of st. Louis is about
$4,000. this would give nearly enc egg
a day for every man, woman and child
in st. Louis.
AT this season of the year the re-
ceipts average nearly 10000 cases. ~
100000 eggs a day. Later the re
ceipts run even heavier. but at times
in the winter months they are very
light.
Although there are occasional re
ceipts of fresh eggs in the winter. the
first heavy receipts begin TO arrive
esrly in January, and are principally
from Texas. Later they come in turn
from Oklahoma and Indian territory.
liississipEi and Alabama, Arkansas and
Tennessee. Usually by the LIST of May
th.y begin to arrive. in large quantities
from Missouri, illinois and Kansas and
some of the more southern states.
They are usually shipped to 81. Loui,
commission merchants by the country
storekeepers 10 DE sold on commission,
and are bought by shippers aud egg
men in round lots as they arrive, but
are carefully "candled, and only good
eggs are paid for.
The GAMBLER works In a dark room
and passes each egg between his eye
aud a li"ht, SO that he can determine
i's condition. He carefully sorts the
| different kinds Of e"ps. MS iirsts. sec.
ends Or spots. according To the differ.
err STATE OF freshness.
I'm expert Gambler" is able TO tel
by the size Of the air cal in the end
II the egg almost 10 a Gay the ting
that has clap ed since he ,-E waylai..
On account 81 the evaporation. tie aiT
cell becomes larger as the .es grows
older.
An egg candlcr's lot is not O pleasant
one, as the "Loncst faTHrr" Is not al.
ways as ruilo'css and iEHpcDri 60. rr.-
sons are led ~ believe by the com!e pa.
pers. Some nj thr eggs De bring 10
uar,;ct are go ancient Tint when held
{" the light they explode with aEUise
Ike a t~iro-crackcF and an cdcr which
does not resemble new mgwn hay.
As o rule, the freshest eg-s, or frsts,
are sold 10 The leading hotels and sa-
looms and grocers, or shipped TO New
York, while the remainder IS disposed
Of to bakers and the cheap grocery
trade.
II. Louis has a unique manufacturing
institution, where eggs. by a crystal
lilation process, are prepared for use
on ocean vessels or lumber camps or
other placeZ where II is impossible or
inc%onvenient TO procure fresh eggs.
BY a patented process, every particle
Of moisture is extracted from the eggs,