The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-07-25
TREMENDOUS EGG
LOSSES REPORTED
One Third Thrown Away
After Inspection.
Blame Hot Weather for Unusual
Conditi u,-'.lenFruit
Scarce In Cities.

Louisville, KY, July 2O.-One-third
the eggs received on the local mark
ct are daily being thrown away. Is
lnA statement of Louisville egg and
produce dealers. The exceptionally
hot weather prevailing for the last
three weeks is causing eggs to decay
In large quantities and. II conditions
coltinue, winter prices promise to
prevail in midsummer. More bad"
than fresh eggs are contained In the
majority OF cases Of labeled fresh
eggs" received from the country.
Dealers all over the city are daily
throwing away enough eggs to feed
the city for several days and already
a protest has been made by people
living in the vicinity Of the city
dumps against the enormous amount
of spoiled eggs dumped there by local
produce firms, who, on account of the
new egg Gambling ordinance. put in
to effect In this city last winter.
can sell, no other than strictly fresh
eggs, tested and guaranteed fort four
days by licensed GAMBLER. who. II
in the time prescribed the eggs be-
come bad, is liable for the loss.
The cause of this big loss in the
supply Of eggs received every day
of the past nionht is directly laid on
the exceptionally hot weather. But
there is second reason for this
wholesale spelling of hen fruit which,
IL done away. with. will do wonders
In reducing the amount of daily loss
es. This remedy. according to we'll
Informed dealers here. is prompt ship
ments 20 the market by the country
people selling eggs instead OF hold
ing them for an advance in the
market or to make a big shipment
apd Unnecessary exposure to the hot
rays of the sun.
"A good many shippers" says one
egg dealer. will hold their eggs back
this hot weather for an advance in
the price on the market. whereas by
doing this the eggs become 80 that
a Gambler will not pass one-half Of
them and the farmer thereby loses
more than he has gained by waiting
for the advance, as most all eggs
are bought on the "l0ss off, basis.
because the eggs will not stand the
heat and Louisville gamblers will not
In turn stand for rotten eggs" so
the urgent plea OF Louisville egg
dealers to the shipper Is ship your
eggs often and avoid heat whenever
this is possible. 1t Ia true that
bad roads In many sections Of the
country will not permit often trips
to the city. but wherever II As pos
sible the egg producer Is urged. in
all good faith. to make prompt ship
monts.
The scarcity 10 growing 20 that 1t
may be necessary to draw eggs from
the cold storage. according to dealers.
ba this, at the present time. Is out
of the question as the prevailing
, prices are too low to permit 1t.
A year or two ago equally as hot
weather as that prevailing last week
would not have resulted in as large
a loss because of the absence OF the
the present candling law then.
and buying eggs was more Of a
gamble than anything else. but un-
der present conditions no shousewife
is obliged to stand good the loss Of
a rotten egg received from her grocer
upon receipt Of them a. every case
the grocer buys b guaranteed by
his wholesale dealer, under the seal
of a licensed Gambler. under the seal
of four days from the time of candl-
ing, and any loss within this time IL
made good to the grocer by the
wholesale dealer But many grocers.
according to egg dealers. buy cases of
eggs from q huckster on his way to
town, without being candled. which
he in turn sells TO the, house wife,
and in the majority Of cases where
had eggs are conkained In the pur-
chase the consumer stands the loss
SO Wholesale dealers here are max
ias an. urgent plea to housewives To
demand candled eggs. ~ under th<
city ordinance they are not liable fos
any loss by rotten ones. -
An authority on the question Of
candled eggs said II the present ordi-
nance affecting the city was made
state wide. the quality Of eggs con-
somsd in Louisville houssholds would