The chronicle=news., 1914-06-19
Eggs by Parcel Post

thib spntututF to De 81 NIapIhu tuot
! o,hins can escape from the pack
age and each esK in addition To be
wrapped separately in excelsior. cot
ton. ar SOM. such material. Any
soil paper serves the purpose quite
as we'll. As for the eonlainer itself.
there ar. many kinds On the market
and the Department Of Agriculture
invest isaiors have not attempted Io
decide which j. III. best. Instead
they refer induirers Ia the various
stat. experiment stations which have
available information oa this lues-
lion.
In packing eggs IL u we'll to SORT
them as far as is practical accord
inE I q sire and color and tn keep for
HON" use those which are Irregular
In shape. unusually ions or Thin
sh.iisi. Containers that have been
badly stained by broken esgs should
liz replaced by new ones aud the
,sskss- wrapped a. neatly MS ihas-
sibi~. In short every effort should
lee made Ia deliver as attractive q
package as possible into III e. hands
Of the customers. The extra expense
siii b. little and the returns In In
creased trade great.
The larger the shipri-nss ihs I the
producer can arfans- la make. the
cheaper h- can afford Ia s-ll his eggs
Within the first aud z..ohd son.s "i
the pars-i insi service. u package
sosts five cents f.f the first pouhi
AMI only on- cent Tor zach additional
pound. ufdihariis -ssa welsh aiApui
4, ,-,ands .ios-n. which With tbs
sis'iti.nai weigh, 90 the ~rappins
ahs .on,ain.I. paaii make a Pack
age of = aas-n -sss weigh b~s~srn
lao AMI three pa.inis The pas,az.
IN this would b. : CENTS. u another
d.srn -sss S.f- Included IN ih-
i.sskas- the posinE- ~oaid mot ~
ma'- than . s-n's. .s a. CENTS in.
stead "s : r-a's n .i"s-n -sss
r. the vain. at isS .sss sni ,h.
."si 81 i-ssias~ mns, H. added the
s.ss u; the soniain-r and the ~'nr,
rinf. f.s ~" dos-n -zzs this ma,
i.s estimated At = s-h's With l.ss.
as- at . cents. II ~.siii. Therefore.
s"ss q. cents ta market t~o d.sra
-ses. ar n. e-ats . ias-ns ~ ship
piss in i.-aas-h lots. il Is estimated
that the marketing ss.ss can L. s--
aa.r.i to q: s-his . das~hs
Where the eoassiast ess b~ us~-i
tnos- Than ans~. this ss.s eaa. "f
..ars~. h~ ssm~~h hat s-dus-si. t.ssx-
sisr.i soniain-r. ~iii stand from lua
In fsas trips. smaller oa~s three a,
five. s- shsi 1; -iii rst lh- pfu.inr'
.r tn 'nius~ his customer at s-snfa
the containers periodically. The
i.sisF- required for this ID. Of
course. i-,iu.t-d fs.n The hiii f.r
tho n.ss shirmrai.
A,th~-,sh i iis .hsi~,si. ad,anlss-
rc-rs t-ssh to The rf.-iucrr AMI con.
sum-r that the eggs h. shipped IN
i,rs- quantities snd consequently
|'N'H'hs"1Asfs " "AsA ~ NHhS"psE'p
in tskins osdess that the sarriy Of
ga. uad~ssoCs tho greatest slueiua.
si"ns. In times ot ssar.tty II il no,
snod s-aiiey fot the rsosiuecf To Send
all his cuspsii Ia oar customer. n~.
sirctinz his other friends. nor In
times of pi-aty .aa he expect to dis.
pose us his entire .lo~k lp his rceu.
isr customers. These points must
h- given due consideration ani the
ruanti'i~s that are io he supplied at
each season of the year carefully
| stated in the contract Ta- 1tic-.
Ton. vati-s with the supply. One
good method II d-,rrmiutnE this IL
Z. take a. basis the wholesale
price of eggs on tho or-n msrkc, AMI
add to this a certain numh~s nj cents
q dozen for the nCs.laIj parcel r-osi
-zsss Care should bc taken. how
ever. to see that there ia no voss s.hsl-
iy Of any misunderstanding arising
In regard to the basic price. To oh.
via'- this. the quotations published
in a given newspaper cr some other
similar authority may he accepted.
Eggs arc .catccs, and highest In
the fall. Chickens should. therefore.
he halshrsl early ruO-lah in hpsin