Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-03
MUCH MONEY IN EGGS
FOR FAMERS OF STATE
Zig Things From Small Beginnings
Sometimes Grow-Ricl,mund
Market Is Active.
IiEN-FRuIT FOLKS LOOK no Us
An Expert Talks OH the General Sub
jcct or Egg Culture and How Il
Is Made to- Pay i'm the Long Run.
Big Industrial Proposition.


In the oldcn time the money tho
housewives OF Virginia got for, o...
WAS considered min money" which
meant very little money, just a little
now and then. Bu, times have chanrcd
and now the egg business is getting To
he on" Of the biggest OF Tho Industrial
propositions.
On this subject y T. - ralcott. the
poultry agent In animal hushandr.- OF
the United states Department, of Acri-
culture. located at Rurkcviilr. writes
as follows
lin the past the average hnuSckcepcr
did not appreciate the fact that the
value Of an csi; rs food is not merely
" question "f whether an egg is spoiled
or trcsh. M egg may be ahsolu,sIv
fresh ami still unit FOR food. and there
is ms much variation in the value %,
an egg as there is in the value ~,
milk. Tn" markets in Richmond arc
now beginning to show an appreciation
OF the fact that An cEg is not Simply
an egg The leading grocery stores in
Richmond now offer for sale eggs pro-
duced FOR them under absolute specin
cations. subject to inspection as care
full "a that q! milk
THE CLUBS THAT ARE
DOING GOOD WORK
These crEs arc produced by fnrmcrs'
organizations. which consist Of "a num-
Der or farmers as n club. breeding the
same kind OF poultry for tho sake OF
uniformity of product. and each mem
Dor OF tn" club plcdrinG himself to
produce only tho associations standard.
INC association has an inspector, whose
business It rs 10 visit the poultry Yards
of Its members and soc that tho re-
ouircd conditions arc carried out. In
addition To this. each farmer has {,
packers number. which is placed i,
The package. 90 that any fault can 10
traced TO the producer. These associa-
tons cover their product with a guar
autre
III" great increase in the production
OF better cccs 10y tho farmers ~ the
stat" is partly due to tho recent rurn.
food law, providing u fine FOR shipment
Of eggs from one state TO another IL
such shipment contains more than :,
per cent Of eggs unfit for food
The spcciiica'io u. under which most
OF these organizations work are AS
follows.
First Eggs mus, he infer,ile ,pro-
duccd from e flock with which no
ROSTERS are kcpU. In a fertile egg
incubation has started before the egg
is laid, and under average conditions
the death OF tho embryo causes dccom-
position 10 start quickly No fcrtilo
egg can be absolutely guaranteed
Second. Eggs must bc collected at
ieas; once "a day IN winter and twice
a day In summer and marketed a.
least twice a week
Third Eggs must be clean Clean
nests must he provided An egg is
highly absorbent, and great care mus,
n" taken that i, docs no; absorb dis
agreeable odors and become tainted.
Eggs must not be washed "A washed
"r.; has q slick appearance and IS NOR.
highly absorbent.
Fourth. Eggs must be normal in
shape and uniform in size and color
..m egg abnormal IN shape is apt TO
become broken IN shirncu, on ac-
count OF thin places in Tho shell. and
eggs have hotter appearance If per
fectly uniform. EGcs must weigh AT
least twenty -four ounces 20 tho dozen.
Fifth. Eggs must be produced from
hens fed IN the right manner Tho
feeding Of tn" hens has a direct af-
'''N VIZ Inv contents OF the egg. bot
as !" color OF io!k. body OF albumin
and flavor. The albumin of an egg PRO
dWced from hens fed according 10 as
ISOLATION standards is especially valu-
able for invalids. as it is nigh in
rhosphates
THE fact that a demand FOR quality
cGSs exist IN Virginia is well attcstcd
10 by the number or these associations
in Virginia Some OF them are: the
farnvillc Barred Rock Association.
the Kichland Heights Barred Rock AS
soc'a'ion IN Roanoke; the Fredcricks-
burg Barred Rock club. and the PENN
suia Red Poultry Association, in Rich
m"nd. Numerous other associations
ar" organized. some doing business and
others getting ready for next winter
Virginia has lauhcd low in poultry
production in the past. last Years
production being only $1,000. 1000. So 900
900 OF which. 1t is said. was shipped
out Of Rock bingham County
Let the people a. Virginia remember
that in 1900 Denmark did not have any
egg production to speak Of. ana that
to-day she has egg production as her
leading agricultural industry, and that
this is due 10 her egg ma rlieting organ
izations. similar 10 the ones now start
ing up in Virginia."