Albuquerque evening citizen., 1905-08-23
LARGE SIZED OPERATIONS
OF THE AMERICAN HEN
San Frat cisco Chronicle
San Fra cisco Chronicle

According to the Chicago Chronicle there are
than many eaten in the United States now
as there years ago The count of the years
laying for 1904 shows 939,72S779 dozen. And this is
exclusive of eggs which produced outside the farms
"a crop which is conservatvey estimated to be about
per cent of the total number and would bring the az
gregate in dozens easily 2O000O0000 The value
of the farm eggs alone at 80 cents dozen is S5S091S,
6337O The increase which is over 10 cent for the
decade is estimated little 60000O00O doTn for
the last five years The greatest factor in this increase
the greater facilities and efficiency of cold stor
age. Applied in transportation II has worked great
change in business methods In the early applications OF
cold storage eggs were stored only last resort There
selection with cold storage in view and inferior
goods we're often stored bringing the method
pcion. Losses followed and it that the first
consideration of successful cold udcious
selection of products When this learned thoroughly
cold storage made rapid bounds factor in egg rails
ing.
ct is estimated that 100000 cases each contain
ing thirty dozen eggs stored over last winter in the
cold storage warehouses of the United States The space
for eggs estimated at 375OOOOo0 subc feet and
750 per greater than ten years ago. That these
quantities flooded upon the market when the supply
fresh eggs is cut Off and in such amounts that the
price become exorbiant is of the steps in
the regulation of prices in which the cold storage has
lately proved balance wheel The other is that its de-
relieve the producer at time when he has the
most trouble disposng of his product and consequent
y his prices well sustained AS this has gradually
become the situation the egg industry has been been
of the hands of the wives and daughters of far
mers and has become of the most important OF the
farm industries The business has become systematzed
and organized closely that under favorable conditions
profits amounting sometimes to 70 and 80 per
realized. The bargained for and pick
up wagons which around for the purpOse they
tested and selected thus relieving the farmer of all
difficulty and moreover the payments made in cash
The competition which arises also has the effect of keep
ing up the summer prices that the farmer finds ii
worth while pay closer attention to the breeds of fowl
which lay steadily and is killing off the undesirable
breeds That this attention to the scientific side is be
coming general is shown by the fact that the last
reported the number of dozens of eggs chick
en-, at little than five and onehalf while ten years
the average United States hen produced but little
over three dozen annually.
These conditions have also had results in a more
steady demand during the year. which brings to light
for increasing consumption. This is the in
PRODUCTION of European cooking which is not only applied
to the American cuisine in general but is notcaby used
upon eggs in particular Also is included the apparently
irrelevant fact that the habit of making attracveness
chief feature of dishes served upon American tables
and observed 1t is not too much to that
the person who has in varied diet does not
eat a meal in which eggs do appear in form
other. decade ago. they known a break
fast dish only Now they forth entrees entire
and pieces de resistance in which form they
at luncheon and for dinner The growth of vegear
ianism has also raised the to popular place "a
dinner dish.
"In the United States little is taken into
cept hens eggs The English habit of considering the
plover's decacy has never been adopted by Amer
cans In Virginia gus' eggs commonly eaten, and
in Texas the eggs of and herons gathered
the coast Turtles eggs highly priced in countries
where they abundant, and although once commonly
eaten in America they seldom offered The
city of goose and duck becoming more and more
marked. The number of turkeys, ducks and geese re-
average of 80 per cent except in the west where large
ranges the rule