Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1914-11-12

Jseted Rough shells constitute mere
of Ieaa OF defect since roaghsess
nl&y raise the suspicion fkat the egg
Iii picked esg New Laid eggs haga
what might be called d rough fsnlshsd
gloss upon them. which cannot Be
duplicated Dir initiated in any war.
The egg which has once been soilsd Ii
Hnnarketable. Any effort 20 rencye
the dirt removes also the gfoss and
produces an appearance that ID fneon
siatent with tbs gsneraI Idea OF fresh.
ness.
Not only must ths sgg Be Of good
appearances. but II must be coed
throughout The testing Ii by this
aow well known system or canhlfng
In DARK ronxn. II is held up against
q powerful light 70 reveal whether n
ID fresh egg CT one In which there
has begun the process OF daterfora-
tfon The cooperative associations.
handIfng 81 they do so large mum
Der, generally test their eggs In large
trays. the trays often holding TO eggs
at time Dirty eggs. bad egga. aass-
Eten&bls eggs no longer appear. BE.
cause OF care on the farmers part
they are no longer produced Since
the society bays by weight, which Ia
after al d far more Just measure than
tbs count the average egg II grSdaaE
" growing bigger. r. small eggs are
produced they do Tot reach the mar.
kst
Cooperation HsEpa the Consumer.
ri III Of course conceded that II
thers To d big supply OF good food.
food viii be cheaper than when II In
scarce ard mere people viii be able 20
get It. II es.aperation not only sends
better eggs to ths city, Bot sends Eham
In doable or triple che quantity then
eggs viii In the end be plentiful and
cheaper AS d result the consumer
will profit This IL particularly true II
fae Aggs are, Under cooperation, pro
dnced at less cost and with less waste
r. win be readily understood tAat II
ths farmer fnds that egg producing
Is d profitable enterprise tIas Quantity
OF eggs produced win vastly Increase,
Comprehensive figures for ireland are
difficult To obtain. but this has proved
true III Denmark. Ia 1896. according
10 ofsciaI aguFes, there was exported
from Denmark something Less than
s280a 0oe worth OF eggs Fourteen
yeaFs later. when cooperative market.
ing had demonstrated the pTostt that
was III sha business. there vas ex,
ported Iii one pear nearly 81 900, 900
worth of egsg Wolf states That while
Id 1893 the number OF hens kept in
Denmark was about $500 Geo til 1911
the figure had reached the 10000. eeifl
narh I'll fa significant that while the
nEmber OF hens Rad only I{ttle more
than doubled, the value of the yield
bad become nearly four+saia This
WAS largely the result of the fact that
the improved conditions under which
patzltry was kept had greatly Improved
the laying ability at each hen, The
same sort of thing Ia occurring every
where In Continental Europe la Ger
ngan3. il France. ia Belgium. III italy,
cooperative societies have undertaken
thts marketing Of eggs with great
pFeft To the farmer and with constd
srabIe satisfaction to the consumer.
Dsmoeratis Management.
All the Offices Of the concern are
fn the hands on officers elected hY this
members x In o most Democratic or
gahizaSion. Every man has one vote
no man haa more, The member who
markets eggs produced by dozen
hana has "a many votes a. he who
owns thousand layers Ia Dangfow
aud elsewhere ~ well. they consider
this "ona man enc gats' plan essen
tiaI THE man should yota, they
say, mot his money"
They pay good price III cash FOR
the eggs, And when the annual set
Element comes theirs Ia aIwags a dtvE
dead % Investors, But those wAe
have invested their money. mach Oh
little, get only fva per cent. No So
efsty under the suparYisian OF flas
Irish Agricultural Organisation soriafy
In permitted Go pay dividends t1pou
shares hi excess ef that percentage
What II ieft IL distributed 10 the xnsrfl
beers hi proportion to the amount ot
eaEs they have marketed through tn
cooperative society III goas al AZ
additional price paid for eggs
These two principles ara considered
fundamental and essential first one
maa one vote: second. all profits Id
excess If q small dividend To Investors
must 50 60 those who contributed fn
thu profits by furnishing tie product
Why Not In Anserieas
Why hasn't this sort ag tnsag hesn
done 10 America ff isn't because
the American farmer and ais wsfs dc
nat need tha money They do III
isn't because thare liz No demand sos
good eggs. Eggs wers never 80 rEneh
tn demand aAsf buyers are more par
tiSniar than ever about quality. The
strictly fresh eggs md buyers every
where. The fact Ii thare III no GOOD
reason why Anaarican farraars should
not DO business as lntsillgsnsiy "a
Iriahnaara Some af them do, bat not
nany. II takes no capital and can be
aans On = small scale.
lrsssrssss wien Or. Mecareay.