Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-20
POULTRY CULTURE
ARTICLE XXXX.

hen the attention she merits. KeeI
only pureiy-bred varieties. House
them comfortably and feed them well
Endeavor to have the hen consume
large amounts of the right kind OF
food. Confne her within certain def.
mite bounds so that. while she Is not
crowded and hampered. yet she will
not have an opportunity to run about
the farm wasting her energy, losing
her eggs. and making herself a gen
eral nuisance.
Exercise is necessary to the best
health of poultry; in excess II costs
the keeper money in the form OF feed
bills and should be restricted. We do
not make the dairy COW hunt about all
day Tor material 10 fill her stomach
and then expect her to direct all her
e1ergy toward milk secretion. Why
should We expect the hen to perform
such a feat? During the breeding sea
son il is well TO let the breeders have
plenty OF exercise, for AZ that time of
the year when eggs are naturally
cheap We can sacrifice in numbers for
the gain in Matching power. CHens on
free range lay fewer eggs and eggs OF
smaller size than hens kept within
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Getting eggs Is not the whole story
nv any means. Taking proper care Of
them and marketing them at a profit
requires an exercise OF good judgment.
Thousands OF dozens OF eggs are
dumped on the market in the spring.
and because the price is low. people
do not 20 TO any trouble to have eggs
clean. nor TO have them all OF one
until they get a lot Of them and then
take them to the country merchant or
dealer. and he gets over stocked. The
merchant ships them to the commits
sion house and there they are candlcd
and put in storage. So much time
passes between gathering the eggs and
putting them into storage that many
spoil on the way. Only about SO eggs
out of every 100 that are produced get
to the market in a condition that is
suitable for immediate use or for
storage.
The price Of all eggs starts with
storage eggs as a basis; that IS when .
the large majority OF the egg demand !
IS supplied by storage stock. II the
market is filed with storage stock, il J
Keeps the price OF fresh stock low II /,
all Of the eggs that were sent to mar
ket and put into storage had been 100 !
per cent first grade eggs instead of 80
per cent 10 so per cent in spring. the
price OF fresh eggs would be relatively
higher in fall.
The day IS past when the consumer
can be satisfied with apparently good
eggs. even sold as fresh. and are
fresh within the limits defined by that
.
An egg must have quality IL il is
= command the highest price and find
,avor with the best class OF trade. II |
las long been understood that there is
wide range in the desirable qualities 1
" milk, and now the public is begin
ling TO appreciate that Their IL also a
Inference in the quality OF fresh eggs.
We are going TO be forced to adopt
ONE other word 20 describe the deslr-
BILE qualities OF eggs which will mean
lore than fresh. or new laid, because
lther OF these words may be mislead-
X. though not Intentionally so. when \
u egg is being bought for its superior (
uality. ] can think OF nothing which y
ould better describe the kind OF egg 4
) mind than the words Good Eggs"
those two words were not abused &
ley would come 10 mean a great deal
, the purchaser as well as TO the pro- z
lcer. "
An egg may be now laid and fresh &
ithin the limits OF the meaning OF y
lose words and still be decidedly not q
good egg. Eggs readily absorb y
doris and taints. 50 that a new laid q
yg. II placed where it is exposed to y
npleasant odors may quickly become g
ant as an article OF food.-Illinois g
9rmers' Institute Bulletin.