The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-03-27
RECEIPTS AT CHICAGO NOW AT
FIVE MILLION MARK AND WILL
SOON DOUBLE THAT FIGURE.
low SUPPLY MEETS DEMAND
Hens Industry Produces Value Near
Half Billion Dollars Annually
About 25 Per Cent Carried In
Storage Warehouses.

eggs a day are pouring into Chicago
now and within a fortnight the
flood will have reached the 10000
600 mark. That is the way the hen
makes her glad and busy. All other
big egg markets are inundated In
just the same way as they always
are In March and April. II the hen
Cnly would be more persistent dur.
ing the rest of the year. but she
won't. Natures bidding is not eco
nomic.
Few persons realize the magnitude
OF the egg industry 1t is larger In
ness, and runs around the half bill
lion dollar mark. Eggs come next
to corn and wheat In the food items
of our country, in the total value
of the annual business. Chlcago's
egg business probably amounts 10
about 1,j00,000,0O0 eggs year.
According to estimates made by
President Mandervllle, based upon
years OF experience with the egg re
ceipts in Chicago-which is the cen.
ter of the industry in the United
States-tho demand for home con.
sumption exceeds the supply in Aug
ust. September. October. November,
December. January and February,
the greatest deficiency occurring I'm
November when the supply of fresh
eggs from the north Is practically
at standstill and before the fresh
egg crop from the south begins to
come in. Consequently most Of the
eggs in the reserve supply of cold
storage houses are consumed in
November. MY record" said Mr..
Manderville, Shows that in January
3 per cent of the normal crop is
gathered and per cent of the nor.
nal crop Is consumed, there being
a deficiency of per cent What
would the big cities do If there were
no reserve storage supplies? The
man who buys eggs for later use,
however. takes long chances; last
winter most of them lost money
aggregating hundreds of thousands
Naturally the nations egg appetite
increases during the spring months,
prices are lower and consumption
greater. However. the hens industry
surpasses the demand enormously
and then quite abruptly she quits
laying. the production dropping from
2 per cent of the years total In
April to 2 per cent in July. Time
was when the market became glut-
OF the supply never was marketed
and there was less provision for the
rest OF the year. Now the country's
surplus crop" is taken for
storage and comes upon the market
when theh en- fails by far to meet
current demand.
While the percentage of the total
egg crop that is stored Is compare
lively small" Mr.. Vaudeville said,
the storage business is quite i'm
rortant to producer, consumer and
dealer alike. II prevents demoral
ized market in the spring when the
supply Is largely in excess of the
demand, thus insuring fair prices tc
the producers 1t also prevents al
exorbitant price In November, wher
the supply Is greatly less than the
demand. In this manner the trade
are assured OF eggs at a fair price
throughout the year and the con
sumer who knows these facts neet
never pay the extreme prices asked
! for eggs advertised for fresh" II
/ the fall and winter months wher
new laid eggs are not to be had. i
| Is only the unscrupulous dealer ol
the small retailer who does no
know the facts, who contrive I,
/ sell the well.to-do consumer egg,
at unfair prices"
April eggs are each year stored
for the long held, to be kept to sup
ply the deficiency in November anC
December. This is done for yer!
/ good reasons ADril or early sDrin