Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-03-25

Foynes. County Limerick, Ireland
Az a housewife what would you think
OF plan Of handling eggs which
would make eggs boiled with the shell
on always available for the table !?
How would you like to feel sure that
any egg In your basket could be
dropped into kettle of hot water
with some certainty that 1t would
come out q palatable egg and not q
nondescript animal product represent
Ing the period Of transition from egg
to chicken?
When you buy your eggs at the
grocer how would you like II II you
could be az sure that they were fresh
and palatable as you would be II your
own hens had laid them yesterday
and you yourself had taken them from
the nest and placed them In the
kitchenY
Now IL the tales that they are tell
Ing here In Ireland and Denmark and
elsewhere abroad are true, proper
organization Of the egg producing In.
dustry would give to eggs definite
uniform quality. Here uncertainty as
to quality has been eliminated. and
cooperation has brought standariza-
ton. inspection, and branding, which
render every cooperative egg strict
ly fresh egg. The claim il. too, that
In addition to giving you strictly
fresh" eggs, cooperation will give
them to you at cost no greater
than the present cost OF ordinary
eggs.
From the Farmers' Standpoint.
II you look at It from the stand
point Of the farmer who has the fresh
eggs In his nest. he ought to be
anxious to know how he can hurry
these eggs to market before they get
spoiled and are worthless. He IL also
interested In getting market that
supplies steady all-the-year.around
demand for eggs for. unfortunately,
hens have habit OF laying the most
eggs when tho price 10 lowest. A
farmer must have q market when this
time comes.
And 30 q little party Of us Ameri-
cana have come over here to see II
cooperation Is anything that can be
used In America to help the American
farmer and the American consumer.
We ara also going to Denmark. Bel
GUM and Germany to see II co-opera-
tion In those countries IL doing what
Ia claimed for II: to see II co-opera-
tion can be adopted and adapted to
American needs.
co-opsratlon Market for Eeas.
The Irish cooperation egg market
Ing association 10 primarily for the
purpose Of securing . good profitable
market for eggs. The market must
be reached promptly, the eggs must
not pass through too many hands,
They must not be shipped into . dis
tant city, then half way back across
the country as ID done with some
farm products In America.
by the time eggs that start as
strictly fresh. have gone on a journey
like this and arrive at their final des-
tination they are no longer strictly
fresh"--they are simply eggs"
The cooperative egg marketing as-
sociation here In Ireland soon found
out that to successfully market their
members eggs they must find mar
ket not too distant. they must ship
by the most speedy and direct route.
and they must 30 care for the eggs
during the shipment ~ to prevent the
deterioration that comes within even
few days under unfavorable condi-
tons. In short. there 10 q double reason
for direct marketing Of eggs. the first
reason Ii that any roundabout. indi.
rect marketing costs the consumer
money and II IN element in fixing the
high cost OF living: the second reason
Ia that this long drawn-out process
| OF marketing renders this particular
| product unmarketable when the mar.
ket 10 finally reached. Thus co-opera.
tive egg associations are doubly de-
/ sirable.
Quality IN Eggs.
After the direct marketing route
| Was established cooperative egg as
sociations still found that eggs which
were not strictly fresh when deliv,
ered to the association could not be
sold ~ strictly fresh. no matter how
rapidly and directly they were rushed
70 market. The managers were com
PEELED to adopt very harsh measures
N testing eggs delivered to them