The Monett times., 1922-09-29
EGG AND CREAM DEMONSTRATE, r
ORS GIVE VALUABLE ADVICE

J. J. Hogan and v. T. Williams, Of
Jefferson city, representatives of the
Missouri State Marketing Bureau,
are at the Farmers Exchange at the
corner of Broadway and Third street
two days this week, Wednesday and
Thursday, to give practical demon
strations and advice to farmers bn
egg grading and1cream grading. Mr..
Hogan gives the demonstrations of
egg grading and Mr.. Williams is the
cream demonstration.
Although these gentlemen came on
very short notice there were many
people at the Exchange to witness the
demonstrations, and those who ware
there will profit by the advice and
information.
make Missouri Eggs Better" is
the sentence on the lips of every egg
producer who turns his steps home
ward after having seen his eggs grad
ed and candled and listened to the
instructive talks given by Mr.. Hogan.
Missouri egg producers realize to-
day as never before that competition
in the egg industry is becoming SO
keen that they must at once cooper
ate in the statewide drive for better
handling and marketing Of eggs. 1t
is estimated that Missouri suffers an
annual egg loss of more than S5,000,-
900, which ultimately falls upon the
producer and consumers. According
to the State Marketing Bureau most
of this terrible loss can be elimin-
ated if all concerned win cooperate
to secure better production and mark
citing methods.
"Know your eggs and market them
on a graded basis, is the slogan in
the second biggest egg producing
state, Missouri. The State Marketing
Bureau has had corps of eighteen
persons in the field for several weeks
holding Gambling and grading demon
strations. Over two hundred egg
buying exchanges have been visited
since the work started in northeast
Missouri early in July.
A corps of seven field men are now
working in cooperation with cream
buying stations and dairymen in the
important dairy centers of the O2arks
Forty-two towns are on the itinerary
which is completed up to October l..
AT the conclusion of the present
schedule, one hundred and sixteen
towns located in fifty-four counties
will have been reached by the State
Marketing Bureau. The work has
been in progress since August IL in
all the central counties Of Missouri.
snake Missouri Cream Better-It
Will Pay,' should be the slogan of
every person interested in the dairy
industry of the State. Competition in
the sale OF dairy products is keener
today than ever before. The consum-
er has gradually raised his standard
for all kinds of finished products, in
cluding butter and other manufactur-
ed dairy articles The great dairy
states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, New
York and others have developed the
art of butter making in purely
scientific basis. The industry in Mis-
souri must be developed on a similar
basis or suffer a decrease III its
proi'itableness to the producer.
Mr. Williams demonstrated with
two grades of cream, No. and No.
2. He demonstrated the difference
in the grading of the two, and also
the profit and loss to the producer.
People nowadays demand the best of
the farm products, and if they bring
good-sweet cream to town they will
receive more for it than if it is Sec
ond grade.
If the producer of No. grade
wheat is entitled to more money per
bushel than is the producer of No. 2
wheat, SO is the producer who sells
No. l butterfat entitled to more
money per pound than the producer
who sells No. grade butterfat. By
making differential between the
grades of cents or more it is evident
that producers who are selling No. 2
butterfat will have an incentive to
take better care of their cream so as
to get more cents per pound for their
butterfat than they are now receiv-
ing. The causes which operate to
lower the quality of the cream are
largely within the control of the pro-
ducer. By proper care of the cream
the number of pounds of No. 2 grade
cream sold annually in Missuori can
be greatly decreased and the number
of pounds of No. / grade cream cor