The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-10-27

Well, here comes the whole Orpingten
crowd,
And they shout at the top of their
voice,
That they show a profit above their
feed, I"
No doubt they'e made good
choice. s.N
Now up shrek the Games in their
fury,
With their heads carried high in
the~a air; ~
As layers we equal most of the others
And as fighters we always get
there.
The English Dorkings, as well as
Houdans,
Are splendid for eggs and for meat,
And many declare that these old
standard breeds,
Have never, no never, been beat.
The Hamburgs and Polish are little
fowls,
And their eggs are few and quite
small
Their value lies in their style, and
beauty, g.
And for pets they are nice, that's
all.
At last here comes the cute Bantam,
Cackling as hard as you please;
l make my rest under dock leaf,
And roost high up in the trees.
But / have business of my own in
vention,
It's to strut around and attract
! attention.
Now, neighbor, come here,
Let me speak in your ear,
And I'll tell you which breed is best;
Just keep the one that you admire,
( And never you mind the rest.
Yes, keep the breed that you like
best,
Just breed and care for them well,
And you'll have plenty of chicken to
eat,
And plenty of eggs to sell.
The Selling End of the Egg Trade
Now that the season of high prices
on eggs is at hand, many producers
will scrape up every thing in the
shape of an egg and get them on to
the market if possible. Well, we
would say that the party who puts
an egg on the market that he knows
or has reason to believe has been in
the world too long, he is doirg some
thing that is little short Of stealing,
for he takes money for something
that he knows has no value. But
eventually it will act as a boomerang
on him, as sooner or later his prac-
tice will be found out, and then he
will stand a good chance Of getting
his neck wrung, if the innocent house
wife who breaks those aged eggs
lever gets hold Of him.
There's Only One Way to Build an
Egg Trade
4 1t lies in the strict adherance to
1.-THE Golden Rule. Produce the kind
or color most in demand in the mar
ket you seek. Keep all eggs spotless
clean. Don't, oh don't allow them to
get dirty in the nest from the hens,
but after they have scratched in the
filth you have allowed to accumulate
or the floor of their coop, and then
try to clean the dirt and stains off
by washing, for the stains Can not
be removed. If the coop floors are
: kept well-covered with clean, dry
litter, there will be little cause for
egg washing. Naturally clean eggs
all of one color will always bring a
nice premium over a basket Of eggs
| of ali shades of color, small in size,
y and which show by their appearance
that they have been thru the washing
5 process. If possible, always have
J. your name and address or all egg
!. packages you send out, as buyer
S always seeks the man that sells him
nice clean eggs, for a secondpurchase.
e That's building trade. And when VIC
get to the point where the buyer
S seeks the seller, on account of his
4 method of preparing and marketing
his eggs, we have little to fear from
: competition. And the satisfaction we
a receive from having pleased custo-
: mers, together with the few cents we
l receive on each dozen eggs over the
0 other fellows price, more than pays
> us for the careful methods employed
8 in marketing our eggs.
= Dropping Boards in Winter Coops
r The dropping board under the
E perches is almost a necessity, in order