The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-05-15

Of these eggs directly to the retail
dealers in England, The manager as
he himself told us, absolutely refuses
to sell through the London commits
sion men because they demand a per
centage which cuts down the profit oi
the farmer who produces the eggs
and raises the price to the city mar
who eats them. At the moment OF
shipping he knows just where there
is a demand for eggs and consequently
is sure that the eggs will be promptly
accepted and promptly resold. So eff
Client Is this process that within six
days after the egg is laid by the hen
IL may be on the table of the consumer
in distant England. During every
minute of that six days the egg has
been so well cared for that It has had
no chance to deteriorate in quality in
the slightest degree. Not only does
the farmer receive a good price for
this egg but, because the process of
distribution is so efficient and mex
pensive, the final retail price is rea-
sonable and the consumer profits as
much as the producer. The stamp of
a Danish cooperative association on
an egg is a guarantee OF quality. It
establishes the character Of the egg.
1t is its passport which admits It as
a select egg into the presence of the
most discriminating consumers.
Cooperative Egg Export.
Some Of the smaller Danish socle-
ties had in the beginning a little diff
Guilty in standardizing their product
and in establishing stable prices. To
assist in accomplishing these two OBJ
jects the Danish Cooperative Egg Ex-
port society was organized in 1895.
The purpose OF this organization is to
standardize the output and bring about
greater stability in prices. The cen
tral society is made up of a large num-
Der of local associations each of which
contains at lsast ten members.
Each prodUeer must stamp the eggs
with his own number and that of the
group to which he belongs so that 1t IS
possible to ascertain exactly who sup
piled each egg. The farmer who sends
In a bad egg is fined. The eggs are
then sent to packing centers, whence
they are shipped according to a fixed
price determined a week in advance
by the managing committee.
Although not twenty years old the
Danish Egg Export society consists of
$50 groups and did a business, in 1908,
If more than $6,6OO,000 Danish eggs
bring fancy prices because they are
always fresh, well sorted, well packed,
md guaranteed.
Dutch Eggs.
The organization Of egg societies
has also been taken up by the Dutch
'armers, the system adopted being
practically the same as that which
prevails in Denmark.
Local societies are formed and affll-
ated to a Central Provincial fedora
ion, which is responsible for grading,
esting packing, and shipping The
,ggs are collected by the local socie-
les and forwarded regularly to the
'entral Depot. Every member of a
ocal society is furnished with a num-
,er, which must be stamped on the
ggs before delivery. The eggs are
arefully tested, and a member supply |
ng stale eggs is subject to a penalty
f one dollar for every egg rejected.
The Association of Cooperative /
in Limburg was the first |.
0 take up the cooperative export of
ggs. The province of Friesland fol /
owed. There Is a poultry association
which works over the whole Of Hol- /
and, and has eleven provincial
ranches, but this association does not .
rade having been established TO pre- .
ect the interests and develop the in.
ustry Of poultry farming generally /
he Friesland Export Federation was
established in 1903, and the total value !
f the shipments in 1909 was about
100000.
How Irish Eggs Are Sold.
A recent activity of the ish Agri-
ultural Organization society has been
he establishment of poultry produces
ssociations, patterned entirely after
he Danish system already described.
his is, Of course, about the simplest
nd easiest form Of cooperative en-
erprise to establish, as the outlay of
invested capital is small, the returns
rompt and continuous and the prod
ct, at least the eggs, readily stand
rdized The eggs, in fact, are not only
tamped sorted and packed as by the
lanes, but the producers are paid for
lem almost entirely by weight instead
( by number. These cooperative egg
have succeeded beyond ex-
ectation and the value Of the egg ex-
orts handled comparatively is about
quail to the dairy exports, although
be poultry produce is Of much less
alue than dairy produce.
In Germany the eggs are marketed
luch as they are in Denmark. In the
ne province Of Hanover there are for
Xample one hundred fOrty-tWO coop
rative poultry societies. Some of
lese combine the breeding of poultry
r the other forms Of cooperation with
ne selling of eggs Ninety-eight egg
ocieties, however, are devoted en-
rely to egg selling and in the year
91O disposed of 27,50O,OOO eggs real
ling therefrom over $4O0,000.00 for
among their cooperative
lembers.
To belong to the society each farmer
ays an entrance fee Of twenty-five
ents; shares in the society cost each
LIS of which, however, only twelve
snts is paid down, the balance being
paid by distribution OF div