. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 14 N. H. Agri. Experiment Station [Bui. 300 eggs and opportunities for direct sale in the summer account for the largest part of the change between low and high months. METHODS OF SALE Although the New Hampshire Egg Auction was set up primarily to use the auction method, it has sold eggs in other ways in order to meet the needs of its customers and to realize the best returns for its members. "On Sale" eggs are those sold to the highest bidder at the regular auc- tion sales held twice each week, and include sales to both telephone bidders and
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- New Hampshire. 14 N. H. Agri. Experiment Station [Bui. 300 eggs and opportunities for direct sale in the summer account for the largest part of the change between low and high months. METHODS OF SALE Although the New Hampshire Egg Auction was set up primarily to use the auction method, it has sold eggs in other ways in order to meet the needs of its customers and to realize the best returns for its members. "On Sale" eggs are those sold to the highest bidder at the regular auc- tion sales held twice each week, and include sales to both telephone bidders and those buying "in person". "Off Sale" eggs are sold between regular auction sales at prices based on the previous auction sale with allowance for any price changes occurring since that time. During the representative months of January, April, July and Octo- ber over a period of two years, monthly averages of from 9 to 46 per cent 01 the eggs were sold "off sale". See Fig. 5 for percentages sold off and on sale for ten different months in the period July, 1934—October, 1936. Three important reasons may be offered for making sales of eggs by other than the auction method. 1. Volume was so large at times as to make it impossible to sell all eggs to advantage on auction sales. Regularity of Egg Shipments ias Indicated by the Number of Months in Which Various Numbers of Producers Shipped Eggs in 1935 to the New Hampshire Egg Auction (Includes only shippers who were active previous to January, 1935) €0t—. ' INUl^lCl^tn^lPMENTrirEllE MADE IN f9^& Figure 4. Because of many market outlets, including hatching egg sales, many producers are irregular shippers to the auction. Of that group active before January 1, 1935, scarcely half made shipments in six or more months in the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these
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