Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1915-02-25


nientiy. Thence they go to the cen.
trail station. They are good, clean eggs
too, for not only have they been
promptly gathered and kept in q cool
place, but the nests themselves are
kept clean and fresh. As the egg ia
delivered 1t Ia carefully tested; no egg
which Is bad either In appearance or
in substance, passes muster. Every
egg bears stamp indicating who de-
Hvered the egg to the association. The
farmer who sends In q bad egg is
fined. These 10000 farmers through
their manager whom they hired and
who Is highly skilled man, ship most
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 per-
centage which cuts down the profit of
the farmer who produces the eggs
and raises the price to the city man
who eats them. At the moment OF
shipping he knows Just where there
ID a demand for eggs and consequently
Is sure that the eggs will be promptly
accepted and promptly resold. So eff1-
cient 10 this process that within six
days altar the egg is laid by the hen
1t 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 1t has had
no chance to deteriorate In quality in
the slightest degree. Not only does
the farmer receive q good price for
this egg but, because the process Of
distribution ID so efficient and mex.
pensive, the final retail price is rea.
sonable and the consumer profits as
much as the producer. The stamp of
Danish cooperative association on
an egg is q guarantee Of quality.
Cooperative EGG Export.
Some of the smaller Danish socie.
ties had in the beginning little diff.
Guilty In standardizing their product
and In establishing stable prices. To
assist In accomplishing these two OBJ.
tects the Danish Cooperative Egg Ex.
port society was organized in 1895.
The purpose OF this organization Is to
standardizs the output and bring about
greater stability in prices. The cen.
trail society IL made UP OF large mum.
Der OF local associations each of which
contains at least ten members.
Each producer must stamp the eggs
with his own number and that of the
7 group to which he belongs so that 1t is
possible to ascertain exactly who sup
piled each egg. The farmer who sends
In q bad egg 10 fined. The eggs are
then sent to packing centers, whence
they are shipped according to a fixed
price determined week In advance
by the managing committee.
Although not twenty years old the
Danish Egg Export society consists of
$50 groups and did business, in 1908,
of more than s6.600.o00. Danish eggs
bring fancy prices because they are
always fresh. we'll sorted. we'll packed,
and guaranteed
Dutch Eggs.
The organization of egg societies
has also been taken up by the Dutch
4 farmers, the system adopted being
practically the same rs that which
prevails in Denmark.
Local societies are formed and atfil.
lated to Central Provincial fedora.
tion. which Is responsible for grading.
testing, packing, and shipping. The
eggs are collected by the local socie-
ties and forwarded regularly to the
Central Depot. Every member of
local society is furnished with a mum.
Der. which must be stamped on the
eggs before delivery. The eggs are
carefully tested, and a member supply.
Ing stale eggs Is subject to a penalty
OF one dollar for every egg rejected.
The Association OF Cooperative
! Creameries In Limhurg was the first
to take up the cooperative export of
| eggs. The province of Friesland fol.
lowed. There is poultry association
which works over the whole OF Hol.
land. and has eleven provincial
branches. but this association does not
trade, having been established to pro.
tect the interests and develop the In.
dustry OF poultry farming generally
The Frieslana Export Federation was
established In 1908. and the total value
OF the shipments in 1909 was about
| 500. 900.
How Irish Eggs Are Sold.
A recent activity OF the Irish Agri
cultural Organization society has been
the establishment of poultry products
associations, patterned entirely after
! the Danish system already described,
This Ii, Of course, about the simplest
and easiest form of a cooperative en-.
terprise to establish. as the outlay OF
invested capital is small, the returns
prompt and continuous and the prod.
net, at least the eggs, readily stand.
ardixed, The eggs. In fact. are not only
stamped, sorted and packed as by the
Danes. but the producers are paid for
them almost entirely by weight instead
Of by number, These cooperative egg
companies have succeeded beyond ex.
pectation and the value OF the egg ex.
ports handled comparatively Ia about
equal to the dairy exports. although
the poultry produce IN OF much less
/ Vnita than hatYsy nPss4aea