Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-05-29

he himself told us, absolutely refuses
to sell through the London commits
sion men because they demand a per.
centage which cuts down the profit OF
the farmer who produces the eggs
and raises the price to the city man
who eats them. At the moment of
shipping he knows just where there
Is demand for eggs and consequently
is sure that the eggs will be promptly
accepted and promptly resoId. So effi-
cient is this process that within six
days after the egg Is laid Hy the hen
1t may Re on the table Of thaconsumer
in distant England During every
minute of that six days thu egg has
been 20 well cared for that d has had
no chance to deteriorate In huality In
the slightest degree. Not only does
the farmer receive a good price for
this egg but, because the fpcess of
distribution is so efficient hid mex
pGnsive, the final retail prAA is rea-
sonable and the consumer hrofits as
much as the producer. The stamp OF
a Danish cooperative association on
an egg is a guarantee of o1ality. It
establishes the character Of the egg.
1t is its passport which adnits it as
a select egg into the preselAe of the
most discriminating consumes.
Cooperative Egg Exp;t.
Some of the smaller DahBh socie-
ties had in the beginning a title diff
Guilty in standardizing thei. product
and in establishing stable piees. To
assist in accomplishing thess two OBJ
jects the Danish Co-operatiy, egg Elk
port society was organized IA 1895.
The purpose of this organization is to
standardize the output and brig about
greater stability in prices The CEN
trail society Is made up Of la&e num-
Der of local associations each N which
contains at least ten membe
Each producer must stamp lie eggs
with his own number and thIt of the
group to which he belongs SO nat it Is
possible to ascertain exactly VI o sup
piled each egg. The farmer who sends
in bad egg is fined. The sags are
then sent to packing centers, vhence
they are shipped according to fixed
price determined a week in ,dFance
by the managing committee.
Although not twenty years oId the
Danish Egg Export society HEts of
$50 groups and did businessl d 1908.
of more than $6,600,O00 Dani1 eggs
bring fancy prices because tie are
always fresh, well sorted, well lakked,
and guaranteed.
Dutch Eggs.
The organization of egg spieties
has also been taken up by the bitch
farmers, the system adopted icing
practically the same as that which
prevails In Denmark.
Local societies are formed and Affil-
lated to Central Provincial ie0era-
ton, which is responsible for gading,
testing, packing. and shipping The
eggs are collected by the loca aecie-
ties and forwarded regularly q the
Central Depot. Every membe e q
local society is furnished with nnm-
Der, which must be stamped d the
eggs before delivery. The ega are
carefully tested. and a member upply-
ing stale eggs is subject to puAlty
of one dollar for every egg rejetsd.
The Association of Co-opraEive
Creameries in Limburg was ts nrst
to take up the cooperative exukt OF
eggs. The province of Frieslad fol-
lowed. There is poultry assuia lon
which works over the whole Mol-
land, and has eleven pr0insial
branches, but this association dec not
trade. having been established BRO
tect the interests and develop n in
dustry of poultry farming genF lily.
The Friesland Export Federated Ras
established in 1903. and the tota vnlue
of the shipments in 1909 wasakput
$100,0O0
How irish Eggs Are sok
A recent activity Of the lrisl Fri
cultural Organization society ha len
the establishment of poultry ppdActs
associations, patterned entireiy ter
the Danish system already desfAAed.
This is, of course, about the sa@Aest
and easiest form of a cooperate In
terprise to establish, as the QUO of
invested capital Is small, the ptflHns
prompt and continuous and therzp d.
uct, at least the eggs. readily ~ d.
ardized. The eggs, in fact, are M akly
stamped. sorted and packed as ne
Danes, but the producers are ptd kor
them almost entirely by weight 81 I'd
| Of nv Nurnhar Thogn -
companies have succeeded beyCd y.
pectation and the value of the g x
ports handled comparatively islht,lt
equal to the dairy exports, alsaash
the poultry produce is of muc SIS
: value than dairy produce.
I In Germany the eggs are mas ID
: much as they are in Denmark. BE
/ one province Of Hanover there e DE-
: example one hundred forty-twoe D.
erative poultry societies. Soc of
these combine the breeding of tuzty
i or the other forms of cooperate " Ia
, the selling of eggs. Ninety-eigl sg
societies, however, are devots h.
: tirely to egg selling and in Thu
1910 disposed OF 27.500.O00 egg NJ
: king therefrom over $500. 00Oi "
: distribution among their co-opA Y
) members
To belong to the society each 4 Rr
/ pays an entrance fee of twen e
. cents: shares in the society cos 5
9 $1.25 Of which. however, only n
: cents IL paid down, the halanoes 3
r gradually paid by a Distribution y
y idends upon the trading profits p
: cooperative society at Hanoyef5 s.