Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-07-04
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MARKETING EGGS
Wisconsin Dairy and Food
Department Urges More
Care in Handling
Poultry Product.

Three million dozen, thiTty-six mil
ion eggs of this years product are
low stored i'm cold storage plants in
he state of Wisconsin. In addition
o these there are as many more mil
ions packed away in liquid brine by
private families, and several other
Millions have been shipped out of the
tate. These various numbers to-
Tether with those consumed make up
The total of fourteen million dollars
worth of eggs which the annual
product of Wisconsin hens aggregate
according to Dairy and Food Com
missioner Weigle. Wisconsin from
being the sixth state in the Union in
egg production a few years ago, Mr..
Weigle states, is now second.
1t is because Of the enormous value
of the hen product of the state the
dairy and food department has been
earnestly trying to get laws enacted
that would tend to conserve this
great food product. Up to 1917, Mr..
Weigle alleges. the annual loss in
eggs owing to careless handling was
about 20%. Last year thru the en-
forcement of regulation in the hand
ling of eggs, the dairy and food de-
partment estimates that there was
a million dollars saved In eggs over
the previous year. What the depart
ment is trying to get thru the legisla-
lature at this time is what is known
as the uniform egg law, recommends
ed by the conference called more
than a year ago by Mr.. Hoover. This
law would enforce the ''loss-off" reg
ulation which would make the pro-
ducers of eggs stand the loss of any
non-edible eggs offered by them to
storage houses, jobbers or retailers.
The chief failure in the handling of
eggs is in the farmers, and if they
are compelled to stand the loss of all
non-edible eggs their methods will be
improved and a large share of the loss
will be eliminated. All of this
means better prices for eggs TO The
farmer which will more than repay
him for the extra care lie must be-
stow upon The handling. The state
dairy and food department sends out
posters several times a year calling
attention Of farmers to methods of
handling eggs that will increase their
profits and generally improve tile egg
market. Here are some of the sug-
gestions:
Sell eggs on a loss-off basis.
Provide plenty of clean, dry nests
for your hens.
Gather the eggs daily in cool
weather and twice a day in hot or
rainy weather.
Do not wash eggs. Use the dirty
and small eggs at home.
Keep eggs in a cool, dry place, free
from odors.
Don't sell incubator eggs.
Market your eggs daily if possible;
II not, every o6her day.
Don't sell eggs which were found
In a stolen nest.
Keep the eggs out of the sunlight
when taking them to town.
Don't keep eggs near oil, onions,
etc., as they readily absorb odors.
Kin or sell all ROSTERS as o as
the Matching season is over.
Under the laws now in operation in
Wisconsin, farmers are subject to
prosecution If they sell non-edible
eggs, ond more and more it is tile in
tention to hold these producers of
eggs to a strict account for the quail
ity of their product. 1t is the
belief of Commissioner Weigle that
in a few years the results from the
enforcement of the laws will bring
Wisconsin farmers higher prices for
their eggs than are received by the
farmers of any other state.