The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-01-08
Selling Eggs for Profit
Seventeen Per Cent Of Missouri Product Which
Is Valued at Sc, 0OO, 900 Is Unfit for Human Food
Kempa Of Poultry Huhsndry University Of Missouri
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consumer stands the loss. There
could be. no more serious mistake
On a trip through commission houses
of New York, the writer watched the
Gambling of eggs. About one out OF
every five was thrown out Who
stands the loss? Does the commits
sion man? He knows from experience
the quality he may expect. Does the
consumer? He pays for what he gets.
The man who stands the loss Is the
producer, and the loss is the lower
price he receives becatise of the aver.
age low quality of the eggs.
A better quality would eliminate
this loss; and eventually the producer
will reap the benefit, not only be.
cause of the increase in price which
the commission man can afford to pay,
but also because Of the demand which
would be created for his goods on
account of their improved quality. 1t
is fact that eggs from certain locali-
ties and states demand premium Of
two or three cents a dozen because
of the good reputation their goods
have attained.
At the present time there is an
enormous loss in the eggs marketed.
About II per cent, or nearly one-fifth'
of the eggs marketed, are unfit for
food. The elimination of this would
mean an addition of 100000 to
$4,OO0,000 to the Missouri farmers in
a single year. The loss which occurs
in eggs is classified as follows:
Chick development .......5 per cent.
Dirty eggs 49,. ..........2 per cent.
ffeakage ................1 per cent.
Shrunken or held eggs....5 per cent.
Rotten eggs ...........2.5 per cent
Mouldy or bad favored
eggs per cent
The farmer, of course, is RESPONSE
BILE for only a portion Of this loss,
because of delays in transit. Yet he
can do much toward the Improvement
in quality. The following suggestions,
il carried out, wilEhelp greatly:
U. Market only eggs OF standard
size: "a ounces or moreto the dozen.
(2). Sort out exceedingly large or
very small eggs.
(3). Avoid dirty eggs by use Of !
clean quarters. Dirt may be removed
by damp cloth, but the keeping
qualities of the eggs are not as good
rs of those which are unwashed.
az. Remove males as soon as
breeding season is over. Fertile eggs
do not keep as we'll, and the per
cent loss can be eliminated 1t costs |
more to feed surplus males, nd-the |
hens are more productive when no
males are present.
(5). Collect eggs from regular nests
daily, or even twice daily in hot
weather. Stolen nests account for the
rotten and moldy eggs.
(6). Store eggs in cool, we'll venti-
ated places. Heat assists chick de-
and also increases the
'llrinkage Eggs are very susceptible
% such odors as kerosene, cabbage,
often fruit. fresh paint, etc. Feed
llso influences flavor. Only clean
oods should be fed
(D. Market eggs once or twice
weekly. An egg deteriorates in quail. +
y with age.
49, Grade eggs with reference to
color. Eggs Of uniform color always
command a premium of from 1 to 3
tents a dozen.
In many localities where these prac-
ices are employed eggs sell for about
cents dozen above the market
'rice. When the farmer and the
shipper realize the benefits to be oh.
aimed by careful handling of eggs,
IN enormous saving will result.
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