Smyrna times., 1924-10-01
|fgDDI THE GRADING AND
fTIIDARDIZING OF eggs
corNTY POULTRYMEN
rr .DyANTAGE OF AID
: JacOby of the L. 5. Bureau
l,i,rltural IN Economics Tell How
y Fan Add to Their Profits

iL:.nltural Economics Tell How
" Cau Add to Their Profits
.,,s number of the poultry rails
~ Ts,t County took advantage of
....or+pDity offered them last
" Isan of the requirements for
rsing according to the I. S.
I'M This section Of the State
.,;5v becoming a center of egg
..rItr production as profitable
L.r,isl enterprise, which indi-
/ ,ss increasing interest farmers
,Eng in developing this indus
llorg with this poultry develop
bere must naturally follow
n marketing facilities for hand
h poultry and eggs which are
produced in large quantities in
4 :srtiOns of the county. One of
asf marketing problems consid-
,5e recent series of meetings
arm visits in the county conduct
\ County Agent Russell E. Will
Nh the assistance of F. S. JAG
frm the Bureau of Agricultural
nic; of the [. s. Department
lmulnre was the grading of
o conform to the standards as
rsi by the government to meet
rsis of all egg producers thru
he entire United States. Meet
we're held in Dover, Hartly, Mil
md Harrington. Many of the
-srial poultry raisers in these
lie; we're visited in order to
the methods being followed by
heal egg producers in the hand
t their products.
Tderful Opportunity in Delaware
lsmding to statements made by
hcoby, practically all Of the eggs
hsed in the Eastern States are
Z ;Od in the New York City
iss, and the majority of these
would grade as extras" with
f them grading as Specials"
hc0by stated further that the
an States were only ones which
produce such high quality eggs
zls Of the nearness to the New
hnarkets which demand eggs of
quality as well as uniformity in
g A few years ago there was
s1dard for grading eggs, conse-
Ply the egg producers in the diff
Ei sections of the United States
% method whereby they could
+ their product upon the markets
2 grading system that would
1epted by other poultry raisers
Ane other part of the county.
fact was brought to the atten-
g the I. S. Department of Agri-
a which later instituted the egg
g standards now being recog-
0y the commercial egg produc-
2 every state in the Union. There
sven different grades of eggs
accepted as official grades, but
ioT Of these are considered as
lal to the average producer. The
pa point upon which these diff
q grades are based is the age Of
g WI c. is determined by the
~ A The air cell. These grades are
.ia5vs:
-'iSHi Urades and How Based
- - Eggs from one to four days old,
'''A not over one-eighth of an inch
i, ~ 4, Eggs from four days TO two
& & nth deep. ''-'-' al Oiie-i . III III
n I. i Eggs from two to three weeks
6 rs al .s,S neing not over three-eighths
! a An eggs which are three weeks or
n j. alu the air cells are over three
, ~. an inch deep are graded into this
!, ,''ags eggs. 'a'se majority oi our /
n. M ~ u the eggs produced in the
\ y, vest come from the states of
~. iloiana, and Illinois, and MANY
~. ~ are sold on the New York
Y n competition with eggs
y S ~ Lastern States, and also
-Oa u. california, which are ship
a. .e'ngeratOr cars. Due to the
s- -s'ance between the western
. NM .,sln coasts,it is impossible for
n o,llia r.g eggs to reach the New
! s.. raiAe's under sixteen to eigh-
NJ ''' :. resulting ls, in their being
s.. No. l" eggs. Neverthe-
IA s =, western eggs bring higher
asa p are in greater demand
h, - delaware eggs which could
- -'H The New York markets
M 1uef !. condition, and thereby he
h n ether Extras" or "Spec-
r,5s. ins secret of this difference in
q s' -. demands is that the Cali
N t..l q Producers learned the les
sg to, s,,uard grading and packing.
ssis |-na .n It Improbable to ship
4 III gss09ucts . eastward in the
ls,,liSlle ~4aled and Graded for Market
saosrs ! % statistics compiled by
h.. - ~, y Agricultural Economics
B s5 /. 'O,OOO 4 cases of California
n,r 4 y sae New York markets
'ars aDS addition NJ to the eggs from
s q -lu ,S New Jersey. A recent
D.as,,. ,ae shipping facilities Of
"a pra,,;ip0,1, poultry raisers indicat-
as a@s'sssiSaliy ssilniyy.. all Of these pro