Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-20

| little and the returns in increased
| trade great.
The larger the shipments that the
producer can arrange TO make the
cheaper can he afford TO sell his eggs
| Within the first and second zones Of
the parcel post service a package
costs five cents for the first pound
and only one cent for each additional
pound. Ordinarily eggs weigh about
one and one-half pounds a dozen.
which with the additional weight of
the wrapping and container would
make package Of a dozen eggs
weigh between two and three pounds
| The postage on this would be seven
cents. If another dozen eggs were
included in the package the poStage
would not be more than nine cents
or four and one-half instead of seven
cents a dozen eggs.
To the value of the eggs and rho
cost of postage must be added the
| cost Of the cOntainer and the wrap
ping. FOR two dozen eggs this may
be estimated at eight cents With
postage at nine cents it would there
fore cost seventeen cents to market
Two dozen eggs. or eight and one
han cents dozen. BY Shipping In
ten dozen lots It is estimated that The
marketing cost can be reduced to
Tour and one-tenth cents a dozen.
Using the Container Again.
Where the container can ne used
more than once this cost can Of
course be somewhat reduced. Large
sized containers will stand from two
\ 10 four trips, smaller ones three 10
| fVe. SO that it will pay the producer
10 induce his customer TO return the
containers periodically. The postage
eaequ4Ieu Ior thls is of course deducted
| from -,
although it is obviously ad1saT,5.a-
Seous both to the producer and con-
sumner that the eggs be shipped in
| large quantities and eonsequer.14,z
economically, it must be Remembered
IN taking orders that the supply or
eggs undergoes the greatest fluctua-
tlons In times of scarcity it is NOT
| good policy for the producer to send
an MS output to one customer, neg
| lecting his other friends, nor in times
| of plenty can he expect to dispose of
his entire stock TO his regular custo-
mers. These points must be given
| Que consideration, and the quantities
! that are TO be supplied at each season
4 of the year carefully stated in the
contract. The price. too, varies with
/ the supply. One good method Of de-
| ternining this is to take as q basis
/ the wholesale price of eggs on the
! open market and add to this a GER
| tain number of cents a dozen for the
new-laid parcel post eggs Care
| should be taken, however, to see that
there is no possibility of any misun-
! Outstanding arising in regard TO the
! basic price. To obviate this the QUO
] tations published in a given news
/ paper 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
| posing Of the entire output, and II
/ viii in consequence be Improbable
| to devote any of the supply TO home
purposes This difficulty can be over
| come by preserving eggs in the spring,
when they are plentiful and cheap.
l A solution of water glass which can
| be obtained al drug stores for q
cents a gallon, should be used for
| this purpose. each quart being diluted
with ten quarts of water which has
! been boiled and cooled. The eggs
/ should be packed in stone jars OF
! crooks and the solution poured over
/ them. or they may be carefully placed
! in the solution each day Eggs kept
| in this way are perfectly good. but
naturally they do not command the
! prices of those newly laid. The shell.
! sometimes break in boiling, but this
may be avoided by puneturing the
! end with a pin Just before they are
/ dropped into the water
The only drawback to marketing
eggs by parcel post appears to be the
time and trouble involved in packing
1 them. This is compensated for by
the extra price that can always be
/ obtained for products that are abso-
| lutely reliable At bottom, therefore.
the shippers success depends upon
the care with which he safeguards the
reputation of his products. Satisfied
! customers will soon build up his bust
ness for him. Any postoffice viii fur
nish complete information in regard
to regulations and rates. and. as al
/ ready stated, the several State exper-
/ iment stations have information in
regard to the various types of ship
ming boxes. The results of the United
/ States governments investigation OF
/ the matter have beer published in far
/ ners' bulletin 594 Of the department.
of agriculture, which win be sent free
/ on request