. Elements of farm practice, prepared especially for teaching elementary agriculture;. Agriculture. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES 287 are guaranteed to be strictly fresh, and if any bad eggs are found the producer will replace them with good ones. These eggs are marketed every day, and sell readily at 35c. per dozen, when eggs marketed in the ordinary way are selling at 18c to 20c. per dozen. The Farmer's Problem.—Merchants who buy, handle and sell eggs are not to blame for the low price. It is the lack of uniformity, the unattractive appearance, and the suspicion that the eggs may not be fresh, that c
. Elements of farm practice, prepared especially for teaching elementary agriculture;. Agriculture. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES 287 are guaranteed to be strictly fresh, and if any bad eggs are found the producer will replace them with good ones. These eggs are marketed every day, and sell readily at 35c. per dozen, when eggs marketed in the ordinary way are selling at 18c to 20c. per dozen. The Farmer's Problem.—Merchants who buy, handle and sell eggs are not to blame for the low price. It is the lack of uniformity, the unattractive appearance, and the suspicion that the eggs may not be fresh, that cause the low price. The farmer with a small flock of chickens can do very little to im- prove his markets alone, as he does not produce enough eggs to enable him to interest a grocer or to work up a special trade. This problem requires co-operation. At Barnum, Minn., eggs are market- Each patron having eggs. Figure 130.—A neat, attractive and conven- ient way to handle eggs. The Bamum Plan. ed through the local creamery. ^^ ^ to sell has a rubber stamp, with which he stamps on each egg the name of the Barnum Creamery and his own number, so that, in case the eggs are not good, they can be traced back to the right farm. Each patron dehvers his eggs to the creamery with his cream. He must gather them every day, keep them in a cool, clean place, deliver no dirty eggs or eggs more than a week old. Thus the creamery company can guarantee the eggs to be fresh, clean and attractive. They have been shipping eggs in this way for years, direct to grocers in Duluth, who are glad to handle a high-class article. They have been able to pay their patrons from four to ten cents per dozen more than farmers get who market in the old way. Suggestions.—A co-operative creamery is an excellent center at which to deliver eggs, where several farmers are Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colo
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