La Junta tribune., 1914-01-17

~ rise ~ suspieioa that the 90
y Z picked ssg- New laid esss nsvs
vhat might b called . rough finishes
eioss upoa then. which cannot -
Duplicated o. imitatsd In any my
The aes vAlcA haa once been soiied -
pnnarketab.s Any effort TO remove
~ Airt rsmovss also the gloss ana
produces a appearance that 10 tncoo-
sls.e.s xi.A the general Idea OF frsss-
nes
.S,s oaiy must The ssg b Of goo1
appsarases. bat II must b sood
throuxhout. TIE teattAg 10 by NE
nov well Known system Of candltng
In 4 dark room. II Il held up aEaiust
4 powerful light to reveal whether u
Il . fresh egg or one In which thefs
has begun the process OF deterioea-
ton. The cooperative associations.
handbag ~ they do 50 large mum
bse. generally test their eggs In large
trays. the trays often holding i:o eggs
At . time Dirty eggs. bad eggs. aues-
tioasbls eggs no longer appear be-
cause Of care on the farmers pe0
they are no longer produced. Stncs
the society buys By weight. which 70
after all q far more Just measure thaa
the count. the average egg !s gradual
~ growing bigger. II small eggs are
produced they do not reach the mar
ket
Cooperation Heips the Consumer.
II IL OF course conceded that X
there IL q big supply OF good food.
food will be cheaper than when II II
scarce and more people will be able to
get it. II cooperation not only sends
better eggs to the city. but sends them
In double or triple the quantity then
eggs will in the end be plentiful and
cheaper As . result the consumer
will profit This 10 particularly true II
he eggs are. under cooperation. pro-
duced At less cost and with less waste.
1t will BE- readily understood that II
the farmer hnds that egg producing
Is = profitable enterprise the quantity
OF eggs produced will vastly increase.
Comprehensive figures for Ireland are
difiicult to obtain. but this has proved
true in Denmark. In 1895. according
to omcial figures. there Was exported
from Denmark something less than
81 900 900 worth OF eggs. Fourteen
years later. when cooperative market
ing had demonstrated the profit that
WAS In the business. there was ex-
ported in one year nearly t.00O.000
worth Of eggs. Wolf states that while
in 1898 the number OF hens kept in
Denmark WAS about $500. 900. in 1911
the figure had reached the 10000 900
mark. II Is significant that while ths
number OF hens had only . little moro
than doubled. the value Of the yield
had become nearly four-fold. This
Was largely the result of the fact that
the improved conditions under which
poultry was kept had greatly improved
the laying ability OF each hen. The
same sor, Of thing IL occurring every.
where In Continental Europe. In Ger.
many. In France. in Belgium. In Italy.
cooperative societies have undertaken
the marketing Of eggs With great
prodt to the farmer and With conni1-
cradle satisfaction to tie consumer.
Oomooeotso Wo~ovomont
All the o6icss Of the concern ars
IN the hands Of ofscers elected BY the
members. II 10 . most democratic o..
Eanixation. Every man has one vote.
no man has more. The member who
markets eggs produced BY . dossn
hens has ~ many votes a. he who
owns 4 thousand layers. In Dunglow.
aud elsewhere - we'll. they consider
this ''One man one vote" plan essen.
tial. The man should vote they
say. not his money"
They pay . good price In cash fos
the eggs. And when the annual set
tlement comes there ID always = divi
dend to investors. But those who
have Invested their money. much OF
little. get only hve per cent. No 70
ciety under the supervision OF the
Irish Agricultural Organization society
is permitted to pay dividends upon
shares In excess OF that percentage
What II left 10 distributed to the mem
bers In proportion to the amount OF
eggs they have marketed through the
cooperative society. II goes ~ IN
additional price paid for exgs.
These two principles are considered
fundamental and essential: hrst. one
man one vote: second. all profits in
excess OF small dividend to investors
must so TO those Who contributed to
the profits by iu.nlshlne the product
- Why Not 10 Ams,ie.i ~"
Why hasn't this sort OF thing been
done In America. II isn't because
tho American farmer and his wife do
not need the money. They do. II
Isn't because there is NO demand for
eggs: Eggs were never 70 much
10 and and buyers are more mar.
ucuiss than ever as,ut quality. The
sfr 'r.sh eggs find buyers every.
wheie. f.ia fact Is there 10 no good
reason IVY American farmers shouid