The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-25
SURPLUS eggs ARE
RUSHED TO MARKET
BOTTOM PRICES
6utter, Cream, Fruits, n d
Vegetables Also Pour Into
Eastern Homes
PRODUCTION MAY BE SLICED
Eastern Agrarians, However,
Are Well Fixed and Debts
Are Small

Boston, Feb. 25.-P-New England
farmers are beginning to feel the pres
sure OF overproduction in the west,
and competition of western eggs is
giving the eastern farmer probably
his chief concern for 1881.
Surplus eggs. butter, cream, fruits
and vegetables reach their markets
in increasing quantities and at prices
much lower than the New Highlander
has been accustomed to receiving fol-
his. strictly fresh" and homegrown
products.
AS a result, poultry experts sug-
gest that New England states poul-
try producers are ON the verge Of
cooperative organization similar to
the dairy co-operatives of the region
Production May BE Cut
The present strain on the individ-
ual producer Is expected to result
in some curtailment OF eastern egg
production, general retrenchment OF
the industry, and studied efforts to
reduce production costs. OF which
feed represents about 60 per cent
Formulae for home mixing of con-
centrateS to lessen the feed bill are
appearing.
Three years ago the famous New
England brown egg stamped with
the date of production and the name
of the professor sold or Boston mar
kets for SIPS e dozen, while the
identical product sold for 10 cents
in other parts Of the country. A re-
cent quotation on first class western
eggs at the same markets was Ia
cents a dozen.
While competition has reduced the
price of eastern eggs, some authorities
believe there will always be a premium
market for New England eggs and
other produce which. in the main, &c
10 the table of a wealthy patronage.
Old Order Changing
The New Highlander, IN his small
farm, always has been a producer OF
fancy commodities clasSed as lux
uries. He has been sufficient unto
himself, growing all he needed for his
family and marketing a few eggs, ap'
pies, vegetables and a little butter
and cream for which there usually
was a sale at his door.
Western competition is beginning tt
change much of the old order and
the successful farmer has had to
60 into greater production and wider
marketing.
Last year, for the first time in his
tory. apple producers had to go out
Of New England and the New York
city markets to sell their fruit. New
England was untouched by the great
drought and her crops were the best
in years.
Not Much Indebtedness
The percentage of farm mortgage
indebtedness in New England is low
compared to that Of other agricul-
tural sections and, specialists say, the
principal monetary need OF 1881 Will
be for short time production credit.
There is expected to be a large in
crease in the potato acreage and 1t
is traditional to the east to use enor-
nous amounts of commercial ferti-
lizers on potato fields.
The need for production credit re-
fleets the intensive use Of better soil
areas and the transition from a farm
system operating through roadside
stands and huckSter wagons to an
agricultural program Of efficient pro-
duction and large-scale marketing.
Whereas farm abandonment in New
York state has been marked. the to-
tai farm output has increased Is per
cent. Industrial depression is large
ly responsible for the decreased num-
Der Of New England farms. Small
town factory workers usually lived on
farms where chores were done by
their families. If the factory closed
or reduced the number of employees,
the unemployed farmer" left the
community.