Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-10-02

GOVERNMENT TO LESSEN BREAK-,1HE EVOLUTION OF TIKI. POUI-
AGE OF EGGS. TRYMAN.
AGE OF EGGS.

Department of Agriculture Trying to
Prevent the Accidental Scramble
That Means q Large Loss to PP0duc-
ers and COnsHmers-SituatiOn Crow
ing Acute as Railroads are Begin.
ing to Regard Carrying Eggs as I'm
profitable.
To reduce the enormous breakage of
eggs in transit, which yearly causes a
LOSS of millions of dollars to produc-
ers, and raises the price of eggs for
consumers, the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, through it's Bu-
reau of Chemistry, is conducting ex-
tensive experiments to determine the
safest manner of packing eggs for long
and short shipment. by rail. The
waste from the breakage of eggs, ac-
cording to Year Book Reprint $50:
The Effect of Present Methods of
Handling Eggs on the Industry and
Product" in New York City alone in
1909 was over 1877 ,S04 ,768. eggs, or over
IL IL million dozen, out of a total con-
sumption in 1909 of 127,689,6OO dozens
| Of eggs. In other words, about y per
cent of all eggs received in New York
cracked, and of these a large number
were unfit for food use. The egg sup
| ply of large cities, and particularly
| New York, has to come from a long
distance, because, according to the
18th census, the Middle Atlantic States
in 1909 sold only about 100000
dozen eggs, or not enough to supply
New York, alone, if every egg had beer
sent to that point. For the eastern
coast cities, the distant corn district;
are practically the sole source OF sup
lily, because the little gray hen does
not have to scratch so hard for a liv
ing in the corn field as she does Wher,
grain is scarce. Increasing consump
ton of eggs adds to the distance from
which eggs must come, and. makes tn
safe shipment of this valuable foo
n~oduct more and more essential.
The bureau of chemistry regards tn
Investigation of the methods of pre-
venting egg breakage as particular
important because the many million
of dozens of eggs now broken In shlI
r1ent naturally tend to keep the pr1c
of this valuable food higher than
there we're no breakage, or breakag
were materially reduced. The Bureau
through the Food Research Labors
tory. is now engaged in shipping egg
1 III u1ACL IL
Journeys to different points in tn
United States, and is carefully notln
their condition on receipt at their de'
tination. Shippers, railroad men, an
commission men are co-operatln
heartily with the Investigators OF IL
government, through their Joint col
ence committee composed of represen
atiyes from the National Butter. Eg
ard Poultry Association, the Tran
Managers Association of Ch1cag
and the United States Depar
rr.n MT of Agriculture. The s1tui
ton is growing very acute, because u
g railroads are claiming that their dan
age losses are such as to make I'll
d CARRYING of eggs an Improbable cor
+ mercial proposition. The sh1ppe
!: snd consignees have large sums
Il money tied Up in claims and lit1gatlt
Il with the roads. If the Department
n Horticulture succeeds, as it hopes to q
3 IN devising a successful method
g shipping eggs, it will contribute II
t U~ortantly to the poultry industry
y which the little gray hen produc
Il food worth half a million dollars a
nually.