The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-12-25

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
In marketing poultry and eggs there
is an enormous preventable loss in
quality and value between the produc-
er and the consumer. This waste has
been conservatively estimated to ag-
gregate $120,00O,000 a year.
The producers loss, caused by de-
creased prices, is largely due to spoil
age of eggs and inferior quality. The
consumers loss comes from the added
overhead expenses of the poultry in
dustry, from the handling of inferior
products, or from the expenses attend
ing spoilage and deterioration. These
factors are important in making liv-
ing expenses higher and in forcing the
all-you-can-eat-for-a-q lunch
farther away than ever from the pub
lie.
The logical method of controlling
leaks and losses in the egg-marketing
end of the poultry business, according
to specialists, is to induce producers
to market only large, clean, fresh eggs
on the quality basis. BY paying a
premium for the production of SUI
perior products the intermediate ham
dler increases the profits and minim-
ICES the losses all along the line
from the farmer to the consumer. 1t
costs the farmer more to produce
large, clean, fresh eggs than it does
to market small, dirty, rotten, inferior
products. and, unless the price is suffi-
cient to induce him to extra exertion,
he will not bother TO better the quality.
Sell Eggs on Grade Basis.
Some produce dealers claim that II
is impossible for them to buy eggs on
a graded quality basis because their
competitors pay fiat rate. Neverthe-
/ less, many firms throughout the coun-
| try are buying on the quality basis and
realizing profit thereby. Such opera
tions necessitated that the dealers
know how to handle and grade the
eggs so as to buy judciously and they
must make an effort to show the peo-
pie from whom they buy what the diff
ferent standards and grades are.
Whenever and wherever this quality
method Of buying has been pursued,
invariably the quality and quantity of
eggs produced have rapidly improved
and increased. Similarly in the case
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shows Ono Arm in Iowa desirous of
,arga fowls for sale IN Eastern mar.
Vets offered ,at loce, shows nrizes OF
s6 oach for the hest nu,let nens. con.
s,st,ng n, ono cockerel and four pul.
Iets of the most nonplar variety Of
plymouth Rocks. Wyandottes. Rhode
Island Reds and Orpingtons. In ave
wears the production OF pure-bred
birds of these breeds increased enor.
mously. and the farmers were able 10
pack n much better grade OF poultry
than their Councillors, and they, re-
ceIyed higher prices. Other firms, by
Offering prizes ON eggs, have Increased
the quantity az pure-bred poultry kept