The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1914-01-31

is a picked egg. New laid eggs have
what might be called a rough finished
gloss upon them, which cannot be
duplicated or initiated in any way,
The egg which has once been soiled is
unmarketable Any effort to remove
the dirt removes also the gloss and
produces an appearance that is incon-
sistent with the general idea OF fresh
ness
Not only must the egg be Of good
appearance, but It must be good
throughout. The testing is by the
now we'll known system Of Gambling
in dark room. 1t is held up against
a powerful light to reveal whether It
is fresh egg or one In which there
has begun the process of deteriora-
ton, The cooperative associations,
handling as they do so large a nun.
Der, generally test their eggs in large
trays, the trays often holding 120 eggs
at time, Dirty eggs, bad eggs, ques-
tlonable eggs no longer appear, Be
cause of care on the farmers part
they are no longer produced Since
the society buys by weight, which Is
after all far more Just measure than
the count, the average egg is gradual
ly growing bigger. II small eggs are
produced they do not reach the mar
ket
Cooperation Helps the Consumer.
It Is Of course conceded that II
there is a big supply Of good food
food will be cheaper than when It is
scarce and more people will be able to
get it, II cooperation not only sends
better eggs to the city, but sends them
in double or triple the quantity then
eggs will In the end be plentiful and
cheaper AS a result the consumer
will profit. This is particularly true II
The eggs are, under cooperation pro-
duced at less cost and with less waste.
1t will be readily understood that II
the farmer finds that egg producing
Is profitable enterprise the quantity
Of eggs produced will vastly increase.
Comprehensive figures for Ireland are
difficult to obtain, but this has proved
true in Denmark, In 1895, according
to official figures, there was exported
from Denmark something less than
$2,OO0,O00 worth Of eggs Fourteen
years later when cooperative market
ing had demonstrated the profit that
was In the business, there was eX.
ported In one year nearly $7O0O,OO0
worth Of eggs, Wolf states that while
in 1898 the number Of hens kept in
Denmark was about 100000, in 1911
the figure had reached the l2,O0OO0O
mark II Ia significant that while the
number Of hens had only little more
than doubled, the value OF the yield
had become nearly four,fold This
was largely the result OF the fact that
the improved conditions under which
poultry was kept had greatly improved
the laying ability Of each hen, The
same sort Of thing Is occurring every
where In Continental Europe, In Ger
many, In France, In Belgium, in Italy,
cooperative societies have undertaken
the marketing Of eggs with great
profit to the farmer and with conaid'
erablo satisfaction to the consumer,
Democratic Management.
All the Offices OF tho concern are
In the hands Of officers elected by the
| ,,nu,hpro 10 o. a p,nst dppnp,rniin pr.
ganIaation Every man has one vote.
no man has moro, The member who
markets eggs produced by dozen
hens has ~ many votes as no who
owns n thousand layers, In Dunglow,
and elsewhere as WELL they consider
this zone man one vote" plan essen.
tial "Tho man should vote" they
say mot his money"
They pay good price In cash for
the eggs, And when tho annual eot
Element comes there Ia always n divh
dond TO investors But thc9e who
have invested their money, much or
little, get only Ave per cent, No no.
eloty under the supervision Of tho
Irish Agricultural Organization society
Ia permitted to pay dividends upon
shares IN excess OF that percentage,
What Is left In distributed to tho nom.
bcrs In proportion TO tho amount Of
eggs they have marketed through tho
cooperative society, II goes as an
additional price paid for eggs,
Those two principles are considered
fundamental and essentials nrat, ono
man ono yoto' second, all profits IN
excess of n small dividend TO investors
must 10 to those who contributed 10
the profits by furnishing tho product
Why Not In American
Why hasn't this sort OF thing been
done In America II isn't because
the American farmer and his wife do
not need tho money They do, II
isn't because there In no demand for
good eggs Eggs were never no much
IN demand and buyers are more par
tloular than ever about quality The
strictly fresh eggs md buyers every
whore, Tho fact IN there " no good
reason why American farmers should
not do business ~ lntelligontly ~
lrishmen. Some Of them do, but not