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

. The eggs must not only be fresh,
hut they must look fresh. In some
cities. moreover, the people want
brown eggs; others will buy nothing
hut pure white eggs In some mar
|kets the small eggs will sell almost as
well AZ large eggs. In others none
but the large ores need apply. In
|some markets, too. In fact In most
markets. the eggs must not only be
/ fresh and look fresh. but they must
have certificate OF character at
[tached. This may take the form of
guaranty. or 1t may be simply the
brand. date or number of the associa-
ton itself But the purchaser soon
learns not to buy eggs that are not
responsibility vouched for. This CO.
operative association also takes note
of size In buying eggs and In selling.
They find that gradually the public
Is approaching that q dozen 81 big
fresh eggs are worth more than a
dozen small eggs--that pound and a
half OF eggs Ia worth more than
pound and quarter. BY Offering
more money for big eggs, they are in.
ducing the producers to breed for
size Of eggs as well as for number.
How the Irish Market Eggs.
J We find here In Foynes a good IL
lustration OF an egg marketing asso-
citation. 1t Ia representative of many
others like 1t. The association here
has built up simple business system
that has accomplished three desired
things. First. the farmer delivers a
good quantity OF good eggs: second,
he gets good prices: third. the city
man gets good eggs at reasonable
price, Their system is not complex
one. II has no red tape about 1t, but
Ia simple. direct. common sense--a
system that would work in any VII
lage In America, provided only that
there we're hens to lay the eggs,
Up to within the last decade rural
Ireland failed sadly OF prosperity. In
many sections the farms were too
small for extensive grain raising and
even for dairying, except upon very
small scale. Even the smallest farms.
however, had room upon them for
hens and hens did we'll In Ireland.
How u Was Organized and Operated.
The Irish Agricultural Organization
society is an association formed for
the purpose OF helping rural communi-
ties to organized their business and
marketing processes. Sir Horace
Plunkett, an agricultural statesman
II there ever was one. Ia ut the head
Of this society. This association dis
covered that In the neighborhood Of
Foynes there were many hens. but
that the farmers were getting little
profit from them because the eggs
were not hurried to market speedily
enough. were not tested and were not
graded and. consequently, the farmer
received a very low price for his eggs.
Many cities on the other hand We're
suffering because they were getting
poor eggs. So II was suggested that
a cooperative egg buying association
be formed Mt Foynes, A man who un-
derstood the marketing cf eggs as
well as the testing or eggs and some.
thing of the raising OF chickens and
pluiay "aS put III CudHES Ot Tie Ut.
ganixation and small store room was
| rented. The farmer was required to
deliver eggs three times every week.
He must gather every egg from the
nest the day 1t was laid. His nests
| must be kept clean. He must keep
the eggs when gathered In a cool
place, He must bring In his eggs on
! a certain day when ii was arranged
to have enough eggs from other farm
/ ers brought in to make q fair sixed
shipment.
| The eggs after having been tested
were graded MS to size and color and
the man who had been placed in
charge shipped them to a market
known to him. guaranteeing them to
be strictly fresh. calling attention to
the grading which had been done,
The farmers were surprised to find
that q price several cents higher than
| that which they had previously OBJ
tanned for eggs raised i'm that COM
munity was at once paid. and that
consequently their eggs were bringing
them more than they had ever brought
them before. When the farmer deliv.
cred the eggs he waa not ut first paid
In cash: he simply became a partner
with the others In the marketing ven
ture. Later 1t became the practice