Norwich bulletin., 1922-12-19

lepot S were EecelVeQ we md that six teen sold their entire egg output, save j what was. used for home consumption iI only to consumers, while city stores re- celved the surplus eggs from five couu-
 try stores from two, country buyers from | three and commission men in the city i from another three. The remaining twen- !, ty sold the eggs to two or more of the above mentioned parties. Over one third Of. the total number of dozens sold ! during March. April and May and near tly one-half of the total number of dog
 ems sold during October, November and i December were sold directly to consum- 1 CTS, while one-ftth Of, the total number of dozens sold during the spring months i and over one-fourth of the number sold |
 durlng the fall months. went to the city |
 stores. = = -.
 The prices which the fortx-n!ne r-o- dueers Stated as. having been. paid to | 1 them were compared with the average 1 wholesale price paid at: either Norwich 1
 or New London for Connecticut newlai i'd |
 fancy eggs. Where, specific dates were |
 given the prices compared with the av- Ierage price paid on one Of the above
 markets. on the. same day. h case the Connecticut Market Bulletin" did not Equote a price for. that date the, average price as quoted for the previous day for the above grade was used as a has is for, comparison, which was of course the only thing. compared with the aver Eage price paid for "Connecticut newlaid
 fancy" for the same month. '
 Taking the county as whole the returns revealed that about thirty-sev-
 en per cent. of the salesswsre made by
 the fortyznine persons at a price which !. was better than the average wholesale price paid for Connecticut .newlaid fan
 cy eggs on the Norwich and New Lon-
 don markets. About 2s.4- per cent of the sales were made at figures between 9l and 100. per cent of that price; 23.- per cent, between sl and 90, per cent S.6 per cent between T and so per cent.
 and the, remainder of, the sales were.
 made at figures under, 70 per cent of the average wholesale. price. To make
 this clearer let US assume that all of . these forty-nine people: in New London : county sold their eggs on the same day and in the same way as they did in the
 past and that the. average price paid for Connecticut newlaid fancy eggs on
 that day was fifty cents per dozen; At the end of the day we would probably find that about 37 per cent. of. the sales ; would have been made at prices higher than fifty cents; 2s-4 per cent would x hay been made at prices ranging be-
 tween 46 and 50 cents ;- about 2S per : cent of the sales would be, made at ' prices ranging from 40 to 45 cents {;
  Il from 35 to 40 cents. while the remaind-
 er would be made at about 35 cents or l. less.
 : |. The producers around Norwich made > over forty per cent. of their sales, and
 those around Lebanon nearly 35 per
 cent, at prices above the average Nor z wich quotation. In the remaining towns \ '3S per, cent of the sales. were made q at prices. above the average wholesale
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 It is interesting to note that from 50 r per cent. of the sales made directly to
 the consumer the farmer. received more than the average wholesale price paid, . whereas only a very small percentage of ' the sales made. to the city storekeepers, a country 'storekeepers,' and country buyers ' were about the wholesale market price. ! This would indicate that direct market r ing is profitable to those producers who = are getting above the highest average Z wholesale price providing their cost of :, marketing was not too high. The gen = eTal spread that exists between; the pric- ,t es received by the producers and the ay- 70 craze wholesale Connecticut price quot : ed for the Norwich or New London mar . kets ranged from less than one cent tc IS thirteen cents under and up to, fifteen T cents above that price tn the:ca of. the = sales made. direct to the consumer and 'L from one to twentE-three cents under .uI -e 10 seven and eight cents above, for 'e sales to the city stores. II must be kepi > in mind that the prices reported all fel ot 1921 and 1922 and that the spread may :. possibly be different during othel ze months when eggs are higher priced A in present however, we are unable to veri re-, fy. this because of the lack of price data Approximately thirty per cent of tn, y sales made directly to consumers wer, pr at prices less than one cent to five can't er under the average wholeSale prices quot Ly- ed for Connecticut neWiafd fancy egg - on the Norwich or New London markets i'd Of the sales made above the averag y wholesale market price. about forty-st or per cent. were made at prices from les "a than one cent to. i've cents above "a EOf the sales made to, the city store at about thirty-nine per cent were made a s prices from one to five cents under tn III average wholesale price for Connection oy neBlaid fancy eggs, while an additions e. thirty-six per cent. were made at pric n. es from six to nine cents under. ol Very few sales were made to- cour Ll try stores, country speddiers or throug ne commission men in the -city, and = n De- Igeneral concluslons could be reached 'o, regard, to their price policies an Grading seldom PFscsiced.
 nd Only one of the producers from th .oe whole group reported candling his egg
 throughout the year and another candle 8 ss during part of the time. The rest et the poultrymen. sell; the uncandIed prt st I.Ict. n The reason why 10 little attention i- paid to candifng and grading is probabl h because. the production is so small -rs many instances. bs-.1 b-
 " ", A wide discrepancy exists h the ii; -. ures given by the sindividuais for the ,S total costs, of. marketing. The fgur, r given vary from twenty cents to, thr, .h dollars per case and show that mar CT farmers do not know what, 1t costs the nya ito market their eggs. This may be q, .rs to inaccurate or incomplete eacconnts- 1ar The attitude of the producers. towarl sJ ssI, co-operative marketing tof GEES was f is vorable. Out of, forty-nine person aIr thirty-three or. about .sfxty-seven-. p a- cent. wanted cooperative marketing ,ots aad eight per cent were undecided. :, ,eG wished more information on the subjet vsi eleven per cent did not want itsand fou tIs teen per cent. did, not express al
 opinion whatsoever: The people who,d d ,h. not wish to ship co-opefatively zor, we s-s doubtful were for the most part tho .yI who. sold all of the eEgsj not used z
 home directly to- consumers and, ei
 dant1y felt that. they were getting go
 prices and did not 6ear to fzce futu on comp petition as individual ls. : ,s.