The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-07-09
UncleSam Makes You Money.
W-By Decres.ins Egg Waste.
BY Frederie q. Haskin.

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.shone ON it during six mile drive to
town were shown.
The great mass Of the eggs Of the
nation are sold by the farmer to his
grocer. The latter feels obligated to
accept whatever eggs the customer
presents, and this leads to q very
careless method Of conducting All
these early stages of the egg trade.
ThiS grocer. for instance, turns his
eggs oyer to dealer at some point
lof Concentration nearby. While wait
ing for shipment, they may stand for
an hour in the sun on q platform.
This egg dealer Is the first indivtd-
ual into whose hands the eggs have
come, who gives them anything ike
scientific handling. He makes up
carload lots for shipment to distant
cities. These eggs may go into cold
storage and be held for months. Only
those of good quality may be hans
died in this way.
So here the eggs are tested for the
first time. They are "candledH py
passing them between the eye and q
dition to the expert. The "frsts" are
selected for the best markets. 1t Of
ten develops that no more than twen-
ty-five per cent of farm eggs may pc
so classified There is likely to be
sixty per cent that are CLASSIFIED as
seconds" and must be sold at a
cheaper price because they have been
allowed to deteriorate. Five per
cent are likely to be cracked and hVe
per cent entirely bad.
When these eggs reach New York
one out of each dozen Is likely to be
broken and this is largely due to I'M
H. In
alone the annual loss. from breaking
is j 16, coo. zoe eggs. Each individual
in the great city loses two dozen eggs
each year from this breakaGe.
The government, having acauaint-
ed itself with the trip that the aver
age egg has to take, is making every
effort to expedite its journey.
Through it's published bulletins,
through information furnished the
rural press, through it's field agents,
it constantly attempts to carry home
the lesson of the proper care OF eg 9,
on the farm. 1t shows the money
that may he made by keeping the
eggs fresh and by selling them Tor the
top price as tested eggs.
An interesting possibility of In
creasing the chances Of getting the
eggs to the ultimate consumer IN nrst
class condition has been developed
BY the demonstration of the superior
keeping qualities of the infertile egg
over the fertile.
II a feIll4s egg 70 plsSe =. - 1'no o. -
cuoator at y a. Ill, $50
kept tneIe Ior g - ( - = go
developeq the cnlck 70 SUN lS e. z u 80
1T is days past the possibility OF use.
If an infertile egg is subjected to the
same temperature at the end OF
week IL VIII sun De un4 80 az
them. me Adoltl0naL s,ey
nest. the Trip 70 Town IN tne uasA .S =.
the wagon, the walt , % .ne $3.50 sc ~.
platfo form: coulo nave pse4l SAY ~ -
an tn1erthe egg.
So the department mas peen car
ing forward an active Campaign 10. toL
the elimination OF the rooster al. s.
the season for raising cnicks IS past
The farmers are responding raploiy;
In Missouri last year 1t Is CANNED
that l,OOO,OO0 roosters were nltne %
|ately marketed after the season TOT
setting hens. In many states, Roast
the Rooster" clubs have been formed
A material eject is In this way De
ing produced upon the keeping Qual=
tiles OF the egg crop
The second stage In the campaign
is to induce the groceryman TO puy
0tSN2S ~
corners. If eggs were bought IN this
way. it would be possible for him to
pay a better price Tor nrsts, tnelr
actual vaiue TOT seconos anu lnI s
away those ina. gre en,ireiy uau;
his egg transactIons "oI s1,s DC piaee "l
On business pasis. me grea sIes.
penent WouIo pIoDaoiy accE ,I 49,
the inducemenS 1nat Wouid oe sven sven
the farmer 70 maintaln tne quan "