Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-07-14

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for the producer to send all his output
to one customer, neglecting his other
friends, nor in times Of plenty can he
expect to dispose of his entire stock
to his regular customers. These points
must be given due consideration and
the quantities that are to be supplied
at each season of the year carefully
stated in the contract. The price, too,
varies with the supply. One good
method Of determining this Is to take
as a basis the wholesale price of eggs
on the open market and add to this
certain number of cents dozen for
the new-laid parcel post eggs Care
should be taken, however, to see that
there is no possibility of any misun-
derstanding arising in regard to the
basic price To obviate this, the quo
tations published in a given newspa-
per or some other similar authority,
may be accepted.
Eggs are scarcest and highest in
the fall. Chickens should, therefore,
be hatched early enough to begin lay
ing at this season. Moreover, little
difficulty will be experienced then in
disposing Of the entire output, and 1t
will in consequence be Improbable to
divert any of the supply to home pur-
poses. This difficulty can be overcome
by preserving eggs in the spring, when
they are plentiful and cheap. A solu-
ton of water glass, which can be OBJ
tained at drug stores for Is cents a
gallon, should be used for this pur-
pose, each quart being diluted with
ten quarts Of water, which has been
boiled and cooled. The eggs should
be packed in stone jars or crooks and
the solution poured over them, or
they may be carefully placed in the
solution each day Eggs kept in this
way are perfectly good, but naturally
they do not command the prices of
those newly laid. The shells sometimes
break in boiling, but this may be
avoided by puncturing the end with
pin just before they are dropped into
the water.
The history of a country egg is the
farmers wife with few hens (and
the bulk of the eggs come from the
American farms), who turns her eggs
into the nearest market after allow
ing them to accumulate for week or
ten days. The merchant to whom they
are delivered holds them for several
days longer, then turns them over to
his nearest wholesaler, who, in due
course, ships them to the dealer in the
large city. In the course OF Few
DAYS more the retailers of the city
get them and they are then peddled
out to the consumer as fresh eggs,
right from the country, and the long
suffering consumer wonders what ails
those eggs. The lack of fresh taste
is not all that ails them, either. The
average hen on the farm has access
to pretty much everything under the
sun-putrid food, manure piles-and
at times these country eggs are taint-
ed even when perfectly fresh. No
wonder that the average large city
dweller is inclined to be pessimistic
when the egg question is discussed.
No matter if eggs were to go down
to s cents per dozen on the open mar
ket. the parcel post man can obtain
from 25 cents to so cents per dozen
for every dozen eggs he can produce.
How can one go about it to establish
parcel post mail order trade in eggs?
If one cannot make a personal can
vass among the prospective purchas-
ers of fresh eggs. go often to them
through the medium of the daily pa
pers. Advertise. An advertisement
reading something like this may get
few customers started your way:
Real Eggs: Send your order: Ship
promptly eggs that are laid yesterday;
eggs for your dinner tomorrow that
were laid today; 40 cents per dozen by
parcel post; satisfaction guaranteed.
Write for further details"
An advertisement along this general
line is suggested to be inserted in the
columns of a metropolitan paper, Sun
days preferred. The price quoted is
governed by contributing conditions.
If, by any chance, there comes a bad
slump in the egg market, with eggs
quoted down around 10 cents or Is
cents, for the store kind, one will
have to show the people to induce
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however, is easily done, if one sticks to
| the slogan of fresh eggs. An adver-
| tisement in the paper may not bring
enough results right off the reel, to
give you heart failure. 1t is a matter
of campaigning Systematically and
steadily for time in order to reach
the desired goal Profits may be in the
background for some time. 1t re-
quires a good deal of pioneering in al
most any new business to gain a foot
hold. One can afford to relegate prof
| its TO the rear for time in starting
because a customer once gained will
stay, if one does his part. More than
this, every satisfied customer will tell
another one. perhaps more, and thus
the business will grow. In addition
this business once well started will en-
| dure forever. 1t means literally an
income for life.
For a select egg trade those fowls
should be kept that lay large white or
| brown eggs, according to the fancy Of
those purchasing. The eggs should be
graded according to size and color
Never be guilty of shipping small eggs
or dirty eggs. They should not be
washed either, as this spoils the lus-
/ ter. Ship only the cream of your
eggs to your customers. The corner
grocery will take care of the culls. In
this way any one having a fair-siZed
| flock can obtain living prices in spite
of the hue and cry Of some against the
high cost of eggs during the few win
ter months, and who do not realize
that unless fair profit can be made in
the sale of fresh hen fruit. they can
enjoy storage eggs from the farm and
those eggs from China and Russia.
| which some experts claim are unfit for