Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-22
ACTUAL VALUE OF DOZEN
EGGS DEMONSTRATED
hut Few Housewives Have Any Idea
Of tho Cost OF Pro-
duction.
Feed AND LABOR ,TE,,s
foultrSmcn Must Receive $3.50 Cents
to Realize 10 Per Cent Proht-.t
Present Cost OF Feed, Eggs Cost
Some Growers Over 81.
ny II. ARMSTRONG ROBERTS.

ht ~. hRMSIhoNS RVftNtSs
\ subscriber writes that he has ,h'r-
ty-nve hens In his backyard flock and
at their present ratio OF laying their
Tho price IL excessive this CORE
spondcnt advises. 1t would be cheap
or FOR me to buy eggs ut me store:
urder Existing Observation-Disclosures"
This Is the on season FOR cES pro
anc,ion. II is the worst season In
are in the mott and only n few OF the
puilcts have commenced laying. II Is
b.twi Nt-and- between. with feed bills
la a Liability nj this time; tho same
condition prevails each year. deficit
Nu TO he sxGeGi led me Of
there Is no escape from IL. However.
the dehcit should not I've so great hut
that month OF good laying will on
II may be that this correspondence
nock is poor one. In that II was not
eon,sf Sr%a WSth have HS oSk
since passed their age OF usefulness
Il 3he ln Eo,,n,~ Again" it is probable that
nnderderelopcd else il would I've maxi
ing better showing. The chances are
oek d hts
" the vitality and productivcness Of
the birds have seriously deprecated.
cd for table meat. ii does no, pay to
keep poor or mediocre livestock these
scarce: The hon that lays indiNcrcnt-
~ is in tho Stacker class. Get rid of
Ecr. Replace her with a pullet OF
known liability. The work r-hEht"
order applies, in the poultry yard as
cSerywhere else: IL hen won't work
she should be drafted for the dinner
ADVANCE
WOULD FI'T PRICE At St.25
To return to the corrcspondcnt's in
curry. what should it cost TO produce
., , dozen eEss under existing circum-
ticaole. to attempt to establish an aver
age Tor this season OF the year. or for
any single period. because there are TOO
must be taken for the whole year. so
that the variations are equally appor.
commensurate with costs of produc e
Ton: that much is certain. Not for the
another year passes. because poultry
tocks have hen. greatly reduced in ali
Sc s.ionS O., OF the country. Feed has in
per Gent. II eggs had advanced in pro- o.
p wnuiG ho 10 fGsts Of production, they
Ecw. instead OF from 60 10 IS cents.
AS rule. buyers OF eggs. house
w w,n,,s hl l, no conception or their real
titious price. Yet it costs that nn nS
70 produce an egg. Fifty-five cents
pound for ham. bacon. lamb and beef
seems like q fictitious price. too. but
ne housewife must pay such prices
why: Because OF the prices on grain
l.eo, which have doubled and trehleJ
norman prices. And grain has st>>. cd
because OF its limited supply and ne
cause or the high cost Of labor. fertj
lizer. agricultural implements and So
on required to- grow it. Time was
Mneh ooiiar wheat and 60-cent corn
were profitable to the farmer Now we
nave *2.2o wheat and $3.50 corn. with
ctheT grains in proportion
HAVE BEEN SOLD BELOW
COST OF Production
because the housewife has never had
70 pay high prices for eggs; because. in
lact. she has seldom paid what erra
were really worth, she assumes that
any departure from the customary
scale is unwarranted Egg BUYERS arr.
DEAD set against paying what tney
choose TO call fancy prices
The reason is that for Years IN,
consumer has been misled-spoiled. ir
YOU like-concerning the ya;::es or
certain foodsturfs, especially eggs
heretofore eggs have been cheap. much
100 cheap. In many instances they nave
been supplied 1T prices below the actuaI
cost OF production. They were cbenn
because the bulk supplies came from
farms in the Mississippi Valley. where
lows were regarded merely AS a side
lihe and their eggs as by-products
Farmers accepted low prices for
thelr eSsS because they fancicd the
eggs had cost them n,.xt ~ no,,,nr