The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-05-10
FARMERS BEST BET
IS AMERICAN HEN
Biddy Has Come to His Rescue Dur
ing Long Rarlcd Of
Depression

Depression
New York, May BY rolling up the
largest production or record in the
month Of April, the American hen has
surpassed herself in spite Of the IN.
IaYprabel climatic conditions for the
last three months
Receipts OF eggs at New York in .
April totaled 11S0436 cases Of 80 .
dozen each, compared with 959708 |
cases in April year ago.
In the last six days, the total re.
ceipts here were 300 6S3 cases. The |
eeonom2 value of the American hen
in the last three years Of business op.
preston cannot be oycrestimated and
the farmers at all times could bring
Their crates of chickens or basket or
eggs into any Of the small towns and
convert this product into ready cash
at higher relative price than any
thing Else that was raised on the farm
Had it not teen for the American
hen, many CT the American farmers
would be in little better position than
many OF those in war ridden Europe
The American farmers were unable to
realize on their cattle corn or wheat,
but the hen and her product always
meant ready cash The wholesale
value Of the eggs arriving here in the
month Of April was slightly In excess
OF $4,000 600 while the Wholesale
value Of the eggs arriving here last
week exceeded S2,750,000
The eggs arriving here In April, if
placed end to end, would extend 13,4l4
miles, aud II placed IN cases on city
lot would make a tower over thirty
miles high. The extreme dullness in
the various kinds Of red meats in the
last two months was due, to no small
extent to this enormous volume OF
. eggs, eggs being not only the most
!. highly concentrated but the cheapest
= food in existence dozen Of fresh
: eggs weighs slightly more than a
pound and a half out OF the shells, and
at a cost OF thirty cents to the ordIn
airy family, took the place Of three
pounds OF red meats at cost averag
ing not less than one dollar
The receipt Of eggs at New York in
1921 totaled 5,679,43O cases, compared
with 1891 O37 cases in 1920. These
q eggs we're shipped from twenty seven
states, Iowa leading with SS1 ,Sl9 cases
Indiana coming next with 650,595
cases and Missouri third with 520,S14
cases.
> The production OF eggs on the Pact
&c coast Is assuming a volume not
dreamed of five years ago California
alone shipped 433 $50 cases to New
York last year. while Oregon sent us
1926 cases and Washington l04O33
cases
The eggs produced on the Pacific
coast are white shelled and arc raised
on hennery ranches They compo e
l04 per cent Of the entire receipts at
New York and the volume Is expected
TO be doubled in the coming year This
rapid increase Of white shelled eggs
from the Pacific coast controls our
markets in the months Of December
and January. II was this influx OF
!. eggs from the coast that brought ruin
to so many u the egg spectators in
Chicago last January a., when these
spectators had their hands out to
haul in large profits on cornered
market on storage eggs the sudden
food Of fresh eggs resulted in the
failure Ct these gamblers and closed
one Of the largest commerc al banks in
Chicago. The corner advanced the
price to as much as Sl2 a case on eggs,
many Of which were afterward dis
posed Of on the New York market at
sc to 81 a case.
Not only in the production OF eggs
has the American hen relieved the
economic conditions but there were
more than 1OOOOCOOO pounds of her
progeny in the warehouses on January
!.
More than 2OO,O00,OOO pounds OF live
poultry were disposed Of here last
year that was kosher dressed for the
Hebrew element, the wholesale value
Of which exceeded $4,000, 600.
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