Milford chronicle., 1917-04-20

With the present high price Of eggs that has e's
listed all through the winter, the poultryman wh
would make every hen yield her utmost and TAX
advantage of every method OF getting prom
should look into the method Of supplying egg
during the times when large part Of the bird
are inactive.
The months of the year when eggs that is the
fresh variety are extremely hard 10 get are those
of late summer or early fall. That is the time
the hens are Just coming out of the mOult and
yield but very little. The spring months however,
are different. Then it is that almost any old kind
of a bird will lay. and consequently, at this par
tcuar season of the year eggs are at their lowest
( ebb, as concerns the retail price.
All persons who raise poultry naturally use eggs
for their household necessities, and indeed, the
poultryman generally uses more than he would if
he were compelled to buy them. The wise poultry
man. however, viii refuse to sell off his spring
and summer yield for mere song, so to speak,
but instead lays them aside for the season when
eggs are scarce If you would rather not sell eggs
during the fall and winter that have been kept for
some months you can at least them yourself
and in this way market an OF the product OF the
hocks during that period
Eggs are indeed household necessity and the
average housewife viii do without almost any
other article except them. There is possibly no
other article of diet that tuctuates in price so
much does the egg, and as a result. the wall of
the public is annually heard against the socalled
middle man" who handles this product
This see-sawing' is generally controlled by the
state Of the weather that exists and while it is
possibly true that the commission men may take
advantage Of certain weather conditions TO reap
harvest from their business yet it is Just true
that the supply is less steady in the winter, when
there are frequent changes in the weather condi-
tions than during the warmer or spring months. |
These changes naturally account for the tiuctua- !
tions in the market.
OF course there is no denying that the egg COM |
mission men take advantage of every opportunity \
to make money and often use the so-called short /
supply in order to get good price for their COM
modify.
You brother poultryman. should be equally alert
in your business and make money wherever possi-
BILE. For this reason / say that the poultryman
should store all the eggs possible during the spring
and early summer in order that he may be able to
market his entire product later on.
1t is not my intention. however to deal with the
business Of the middle man at this time. but TO say
a word in the interest Of the poultryman or pro-
ducer Of eggs.
This is the time of the year when the hens are
yielding their greatest quantity of eggs, so much
so that the average poultryman is unable TO con-
sumo the product of his tiocks and in many in
stanes sells his surplus for the market price which
s now very low. Here is where he loses money
when he thinks that he is making it. Then, dur
ng the fall and winter he is compelled to either
tint his customers or himself.
The rainy day is bound to come and it is the
wise man who prepares for il. The aim to secure
normal egg supply the entire year is one of the
robems which has been claiming the attention of
oultrymen for years, and while some progress
as been made toward this end, it has not yet
cen fully accomplished. We have yet to discover
successful method for switching the natural in /
lination of the hen to lay during the spring and c
inter and make her perform these duties during d
he fall and winter thus doing away with her idle
eriod.
The hen must take a rest period. and nature has
rovided that it be during the cold weather a
This low winter production has caused many eS- y
eriments to be made in regard to the preservation
eggs. To be able to sell eggs when they are T.
entifui. and at the same time to have the fresh C
roduct when the birds are enjoying the rest v
ariod. has long been the ambition Of the great O
lmber of poultrymen and this has led to many il
ethods Of preservation with more or less success
This problem, nevertheless has, ] believe been Il
asr solved DV the glass hp ifa u
ie it is possible to have fresh eggs in December
zen though they were laid during the previous
ring months.
of Soda or "water-Glass, can be pur- ii