Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1905-01-05
Marketing Danish Eggs.

cooperative marketing of farm pro
duce is reduced to a perfect system in
Denmark. The DANISH Cooperative
Egg Export Association has a member
ship of $4,000 farmers, divided into
500 local societies, or circles, each
circle being an integral part of the
central company and subject to the
control and supervision of the central
organization. Each circle has its own
bylaws, but such bylaws must con-
form to the provisions of those of the
central organization. Naturally, there
fore, the bylaws of the 500 circles are
quite uniform. Each circle collects, at
its own expense, the eggs produced on
the farms of its members and prepares
them for shipment to one OF the eight
general shipping centers at it's own
expense. After leaving the circle (the
local collecting center) all expenses
are borne by the company. Profit shar-
ing is absolute. To this end the COM
pany guarantees to purchasers that all
eggs delivered by the company shall
be new laid and clean, each egg be-
ing stamped by the companys regis
tered trademark for new-laid eggs.
No circle of less lAan ten members is
admitted to membership in the COM
pany. Each circle on being admitted
pays into the company 1872 cents per
circle member. Each circle admitted
is obliged to deliver all eggs collected
from its members to the company.
Eggs over seven days old must not be
delivered, under penalty of a fine of
$1.34 for the first offense and double
that for further offenses. A circle
must not keep eggs longer than four
days after collection before sending
them to a general shipping station OF
the company. The eggs must be de.
liyered absolutely clean. Each egg
must be stamped plainly both with the
number of the circle and with the
number OF tie rcmber of the circle
delivering the egg Zach circle must
provide its members with stamping
ink and rubber stamps bought of the
purveyor indicated by the Coz, pany.
Each member of a circle must for
ward all eggs produced, except those
needed for home consumption and for
Matching. Eggs must be carefully
gathered every day and in hot sum
mer days twice each day. Only arti-
fetal nest eggs must be used and the
nests must be barred at night. Each
circle is governed by a circle board,
consisting of an uneven number of
members. This board provides for the
expense of collection and superEteGds
Grating for shipment to central sta
tions. The eggs are shipped by the
500 circles to one of the central ship
ping stations in ordinary cardboard
egg crates set in pine boxes of uni
form size.
Black Langshans.
/ have bred Langshans for many
years and obtained my first stock and
all additions thereto from the Croad
Yards of England. OF course my sales
are largely to fanciers for exhibition
purposes and for breeding purposes.
For fifteen years my sales of eggs
have not fallen under 5000 a year and
in chickens about the same. For the
season just closing my egg sales are
1898; chickens, $2S5. My egg prices
are $500 for IS, $500 for SO. l get
$50 for my choicest birds and from
that down to S. for my lowest-priced
males and $3.50 for my lowest-priced
females. My culls or refuse birds
bring 81 each, from my neighporing
| farmers. l sell no eggs to the stores
at market rates till after I have sep.
arated the sexes. One worthy lady
| one August day purchased two sit
tings of me and then informed me
she intended setting them. Imagine
her chagrin when l told her it had
been nearly two months since the
sexes had been together. Yet she
gulped down her disappointment ant
carried home her eggs at a ten cent &
dozen rate. You will find these smar
people everywhere. I am giving you
my experience with one.
l have bred Light and Dark Brah
mas, Buff and Black Cochins, Brown
Leghorns, Barred Plymouth Rocks
and Pit Games, but much prefer Blacl
Langshans to any of them. They ar,
harder. better table fowls, and hav'
no superiors as layers. This may ap
pear like hobby talk, but let US see
Langshans In their parity are thor
oughbreds. They were originally a
now and l can see no change in typ
and habits. They are always quicl
in movement, nervous, proud, higl
steppers. They are probably nov
what they were 1000 years ago.
cannot in this one article attempt t
describe what mine are, that is, wha
Langshan should be, deny tn