The Harrison times., 1914-02-28

rOyueS, OOuuJy LlUeTlCk, lTeldDu,-
AS housewife what would you think
Of a plan Of handling eggs which
would make eggs boiled with the shell
on always available for the table?
How would you like to feel sure that
any egg in your basket could be
dropped into a kettle Of hot water
with some certainty that 1t would
come out a palatable egg and not
nondescript animal product represent.
ing the period Of transition from egg
to chicken?
When you buy your eggs at the
grocer how would you like It If you
could be as sure that they were fresh
and palatable as you would be If your
own hens had laid them yesterday
and you yourself had taken them from
the nest and placed them in the
kitchen?
Now If the tales that they are tell.
ing here in Ireland and Denmark and
elsewhere abroad are true, proper
organization Of the egg producing In
dustry would give to eggs definite
uniform quality. Here uncertainty as
to quality has been eliminated and
cooperation has brought standarI2a.
tion, inspection, and branding, which
render every cooperative egg a strict
ly fresh egg The claim Is, too, that
IN addition to giving you strictly
fresh" eggs, cooperation will give
them to you at cost no greater
than the present cost Of ordinary
eggs,
From the Farmers Standpoint,
II you look at It from the stand
point Of the farmer who has the fresh
eggs in his nest, he ought to be
anxious to know how he can hurry
these eggs to market before they get
spoiled and are worthless, IIe is also
Interested In getting n market that
supplies steady all,the'year.around
demand for eggs for unfortunately,
hens have u habit Of laying the most
eggs when tho price is lowest, A
farmer must have market when this
time cOmoa,
And 10 u little party OF US Amerl'
cans have come over here TO sec II
cooperation Is anything that can be
used In America to help the American
farmer and the American consumer,
We are also going to Denmark, Bei'
glum and Germany 70 see II co'opera'
tlon in those countries Ia doing what
IL claimed for H. to see II eo'opero'
tlon can be adopted and adapted to
American needs,
Cooperation Market for Eggo.
Tho Irish cooperation egg market
Ing association. Ia primarily for tho
purpose Of securing good profitable
market for eggs The market must
bo reached promptly, tho oggs must
not pass through too many hands,
They must not bo shipped into dis
tant city, then half way back across
the country Oa Ia done with some
farm products in America,
by the time eggs that start as
strictly fresh have gone on n journey
like this and arrive at their final dos
tlnatlon they are no longer strictly
trosh"-thoy are simply eggs"
Tho cooperative egg marketing aB'
ISOLATION here In Ireland eoon found
out that to successfully market their
members eggs they must ind a mar
ket not tso distant they must ship
BY tho most speedy and direct route,
aud they must 40 care for the eggs
during the shipment aa 70 prevent the
deterioration that comes within even
n few days under unfayorabo oondl'
tona, In short thoro In double reason
for direct marketing OF eggs the first
reason IN that any roundabout, lndl
rect marketing costs tho consumer
money and In an element IN fixing tho
high cost Of living, the second reason
In that this long drawn.out process
OF marketing rondora this particular
product unmarketabo when the mar
ket Ia finally reached, Thus ee'opera'
tive egg associations are deubly de-
afable
Quality In Eggs,
After the direct marketing route
was established cooperative egg as
pooatlons stIll found that eggs which
were not strictly fresh when dely'
cred to the association could not be
sold as strictly fresh, no matter how
rapidly and directly they we're rushed
70 market Tho managers were COM
PEELED TO adopt very harsh measures
In teatius eggs delivered 10 them,