Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-06-16
The Eea Carrier System.

Realizing that to buy eggs in market 4
good deal Of a lottery and that much ~
: tue hen fruit offered as fresh is only at
TO IRE straight at the seller, P. c. DODGE
mas put his inventive genius to work and
evolved a practical scheme for the protec-
ton OF the consumer. His idea Il "a
make the farmer or poultry man directly
responsible for the eggs be puts on the
market and force him either to deal fairIv
with the consumer or iniure his own bus
mess.
10 secure this end, Mr.. Dodge has hit
upon the plan Of a paper case capable IN
holding a dozen eggs, each IN III own
compartment. The case i sealed Al Moth
ends and on the cover, which folds over
IS calendar for four years in which are
to be punched the "Dateship and Date.
sealed" and the color OF the eggs Tba
trademark on one side is a pyramid ~
eggs, having 10 the center "a Foos .
on the sides, "Dateshipt and DateseaIed ),
and across the base, "Topnotcbers - IN
the opposite side appears the picture ~
hen and the nest from which abe has
apparently just arisen.
The cover sets forth further that IN. 4
ease contains one dozen strictly tyssh +
eggs, packed, sealed and pparan,sed i, I
the producer whose name & printed he.
low with the name of his farm There
fore, II an egg in any case is stale ar rot.
ten the consumer knows who naeksa 4
II the seals were unbroken when the case
reached him, and can visit bis wrath an
tne guilty party and spare himself the
1rouole o. making useless complaints TO
perhaps innocent dealer. The cartons
eo'ne Iolueo nat IN small compass and
make neat ana attractive packages.
Milo Hastings at present residing in
New York and author OF the government
bulletin upon 1.-THE Egg Trade ~ tbe
United States,n has given much tbonaht
" the nlgner grade egg business as il an
beats 70 the conntry's greatest market.
Mr.. Hastings found on Feb. ~ ~ |
present year, that eggs sold in New Yorl,
q prices ranging from "a to 20 cents per I
uozeni that in almost every store tho |
hlghest priced grade Of eggs were put up
in cartons and labeled with the name ~
some "farm,n the great majority ~ /,
winch we're fakes; in other words. those
brands were put up from the general nm
OF western eggs, usually by the middle. !
retailer. |
ut may seem to the reader saws Mr.
Hastings, that the consumer Of CITY eggs J
should not be fooled by such palpable '
fraud, but, while the average city house I
vile Is keenly interested in the quality Of
1000 given her family, she has no more b
conception Of the tricks in the marketing o
u farm produce than the average farmers 4
vile has Of the doings OF the stock e. c
,hange"
Under the general impression that the !,
'ure food law now requires honest label + i
ng, the caption "Springdale Farm ar i
Lake View Hennery" is sufficient to en- Z,
zee the city purchaser to pay anywhere /;
rom i've to twenty-five cents dozen i
more for branded eggs than she would i
ay for loose stock. The only present r
Imitation OF the putting up OF such u
rands Is the demand of those who can
hord to pay the difference. II will fake .
2 great reach of economic philosophy :,
y the poultryman to see exactly what q,
pc present state Of affairs means to him n
mere y not one city consumer ia a hun p,
red who is able to distinguish the gen II
Inc poultry farm eggs from the spurious. -
ld Up TO the present time there has been IN
Q label, however strongly worded. that i
e poultryman can have printed upon =
i carton that the middleman cannot ~
lual or excel. The trouble is. there are u
9 sharp lines of distinction between =,
BOD and bad egg, the ultimate consume
Judgment being the only standard by
hich eggs can be graded. For the man Pr