Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1915-08-12
SUGGESTIONS FOR CARE OF EGGS

at some point in their history have
must begin on the farm. The farmer
must gather his eggs twice day and
must keep them cool afterwards, just
as he would cream or milk, until they
are delivered in town. There the
merchant must at once put them into
a dry, cold place. or, il he wishes to
be strictly up to date, must chill them
in his own little refrigerating plant or
in the large refrigerating plant OF the
town, to a temperature well below
40 degrees +.
Egg conservation thus stretches
right out to the farm.
Should Candle On Farm.
The effort is principally to get the
farmers themselves to candle and
grade their eggs before they start tor
town and then to offer the buyers
their eggs on a quality basis. This
means that the farmer offers so many
dozen of fancy eggs at certain price
per dozen and so many other eggs OF
different grades at smaller prices. In
asmuch as the size and the condition
of the shells of eggs count, the farmer
is advised also to consider these
things, which affect the market value
of eggs. Under this plan the farmer
quickly finds that he makes more
money by selling his eggs according
to quality than when he simply sells
them at an average price per dozen
which the buyer has to make low IN
order to cover himself against off
size, off-color, dirty, cracked checked,
or deteriorating eggs. II the farmer
has l dozen of l7-cent eggs and an
other dozen of l3-cent eggs, he gets
80 cents for his 2 dozen, whereas
under the other basis he probably
would get only Is cents dozen or 70
cents for his basket. In the absence
of quality basis of buying, the buyer
either simply pays lump sum, gam
bling on the quality of the eggs and
naturally fixing very low price, or
buys on loss off" basis. which
means that he deducts from the farm
er's returns all the bad, leaking, or un-
marketable eggs found in his offering:
In either event the farmer has had
the trouble of bringing worthless eggs
to town and does not get the benehtt
of the high price that would be paid
for the percentage of strictly good
eggs in his basket.
1.-THE quality basis of buying is gen
orally believed by students of the busi--
ness to lie at the very foundation of
supplying the large centers steadily
with eggs of good quality
1.-THE infertile egg will keep very
much better and is a better product to
put in cold storage for winter con-
sumption. State poultry officials and
the dealers in many cities encourage
the farmers to remove ROSTERS from
their focks after the season in which
eggs for Matching are laid. This
movement is aided by the: fact that
after the Matching season the dressed
poultry and egg dealers frequently
offer the farmer an attractive price
for the roosters, which are then
dressed and sent to market In Mis-
souri,, it is estimated, 100000 roosters
were removed in one week from egg
yards in this way. The specialists be-
iieve that if roosters can be eliminated
from the focks the losses in CONNER
cial eggs will be greatly reduced. The
farmer gains from not having. to feed
the rooster the absence of which
makes absolutely no difference in the
LAYING of the hens. The infertile egg,
moreover, is just as nutritious and de-
sirable for food as the other.