Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-24

S-sS not only pay for their keep but yield t2xsI a handsome profit in addition. Most
 people say it can't be done, but the Framlingham sDd District Cooperative Society, Ltd, of England, which Is an offspring of the
 old Farmers Club, founded long ago as 1888,
 tells different tale
 A year to two ago it occurred to Birmingham
 people that, properly managed, there ought to be
 money in eggs" They laid their plans with
 view to securing 1t, and the formation of this
 society was the result. The vicar makes a most
 energetic president, and the whole thing is Iaan-
 aged cooperative basis.
 At it's depot the society receives eggs, from
 anybody in the district who likes to bring them,
 in either large or small quantities just as hap pens to be convenient, although--so large is the demand nowaoays for these particular eggs there Is an understanding that the larger the contributions gre the better, the managers will
 be pleased.
 As soon as possible after they arrive every egg IS tested by means of an ingenious lamp, by which 1t is possible to tell almost to an hour how long they have been laid. Stale eggs, if by chance any creep in, are returned with thanks"
 for the society brides itself In sending out nothing but the very best.
 The lamp enables the tester to look right ] through the eggs, and the age is told from the fact that while a new laid egg is absolutely full of Eauid, ths 1t grows stale, gradually drnin- ishes, leaving cavity filled with gas at the top of the egg The greater the shrnksge of the contents the older the egg.
 The highest prices paid for those that weigh over two ounces each but successful are the members iI inducing their fowls to produce those of satisfactory size that it is by no | unusual for seven to turn the pound scale,
 instead of the usual eight, and the owners are
 very proud of the fact For eggs below the | two-ounce weIght deduction of Id. two cents) i from the top price on every ten eggs is made. | As matter of fact, the people who supply the | Cooperative Society with eggs have to submit | to even more severe tests than would be de- | manded if they sent them to the ordinary deal 1 CTS but the managers realized long ago that 1T | tbey once lost ther name for prime eggs trade wo1I6 probably soon begin to decline instead O. ' increase and they are memorable. | Every farmer is supplied with small rubber
 ztamp with which he must stamp his eggs befOhe> | they will be received by the society. This pre- | vents any difficulty in knowing to whom any
 rejected for lack of freshness should be returned. The first full working year the society sold just | under half a million eggs, the second it nearly touch the million and half and tbis-well, mo- ] bodv knows just how high the total will soar,
 but it will certainly, if things go on as well ar | they are at present, be very considerably be- | yond that number.
 | soon as possible after their arrival, and reach | the dealers while still deserving to be chased among the freshest of the fresh.' | Every encouragement is given to members tG keen their poultry in healthy surroundings, and l to provide sanitary nesting boxes; and such F the cooperative spirit which pervades the aAs i trict that there are very seldom any complaints | to be made if one of the managers pays "sUc | prise" visit of inspection.
 Altogether Framlngham provides lesson in cooperation that other country districts would | do well to follow. Continental countrieI real | ized years ago how important it is that small | producers should combine in order to send their ! eggs to riarket. And the formation of other en- cratic societles such as Frsmlinqham would short. | ly result in the setting up of very affuent and Srosperous former elssA