Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-07-10


cents a dozen eggs.
To the value OF the eggs and the
cost of postage must be added the
cost OF the container anc the wrap
| ping. For two dozen eggs this may
be estimated at cents. With postage
at cents, 1t would, therefore. cost IL
i cents to market two dozen eggs, or
81 cents dozen. BY shipping in 10
dozen lots, 1t Is estimated that the.
marketing cost can be reduced to Al
cents a dozen.
Where the container can be used.
more than once, this cost can Of
course be somewhat reduced. Large.
sized containers will stand from two
| to four trips, smaller ones three to,
| FIVE, SO that 1t will pay the producer
| to induce his customer to return the
containers periodically. The postage
required for this Is of course deducted
from the bill for the next shipment.
Although 1t is obviously advanta-
geous both to the producer and con-
sumner that the eggs be shipped in
large quantities and consequently eco
nomically, 1t must be remembered In
taking orders that the supply Of eggs
| undergoes the greatest fluctuations. In
times of scarcity it is not good policy
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
| 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 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 given newspaper.
or some other similar authority may
be accepted. |
Eggs are scarcest and highest in the
fall Chickens should, therefore, be
Matched early enough to begin laying
at this season. Moreover little diff
Guilty will be experienced then In dis
in consequence be Improbable to d.
vert 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
tanned at drug stores for rs cents q
gallon, should be used for this pur-
pose, each quart being diluted with 10
quarts Of water which has been boiled
and cooled. The eggs should be packed
in stone Jars or crooks and the solu-
| tion poured over them, or they may be
carefully placed in the solution each
day Eggs kept In this way are per-
fectly good, but naturally they dc 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 be-
/ fore they are dropped into the wateE-
/
/ With the home demands for domes-
tic foodstuffs almost equaling produc-
ton the United
! Bio Demand Tor States is not only
Domestic Foods. reducing its ex-
creasing its imports of certain food
/ stuffs. This is one of the striking
features of a review by the depart
ment of commerce of the foreign trade
during the first six months under the
new tariff.
Figures show that imports of food
stuffs in their natural condition in
cluded food animals, increased from
$117.194,237, I'm the half year ended
with March, 1913, to $143.421.53 dur
ing the corresponding period this
year, and that imports of foodstuffs.
partly or wholly prepared for use in
the same period, increased from $685.
744,241 to $100,967,37S. The increase
in importations of all food products In
the period named Appropriated more
than thirty million dollars, or an aver
age OF 100000 month.
Figures of exports are even more
striking. or crude foodstuffs exports
fell off more than fifty per cent, while
prepared foodstuffs also declined. Ex-
ports of crude foodstuffs fell from
| $115.S50,453 in the six months period
of 1918 to $55.4S3,7S7 in the CORE
| spending period this year, and manu-
featured products from S0.O07. 422 to
s162. 022, $40.
Food articles showing largest in
creases in importations were beef,
cattle, corn, wheat, rice, macaroni.
fruits, nolasses and edible oils.
In little room of the Smithsonian
Institution a woman is reconstructing
the tattered rem
Historical Flag nants of the iden-
Beinu Restored. teal flag whose
/ broad stripes and
bright stars" inspired Francis Scott
Key during the bombardment of Fort
McHenry. near Baltimore, on the
| morning of Sept Il. 1914 No new
fabric will be used; 1t VIII be the
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