. Eggs and egg farms : Trustworthy information regarding the successful production of eggs--the construction plans of poultry buildings and the methods of feeding that make egg farming most profitable .. . 55âMUSLIN-FRONT HOUSE met by the other that the cost of production is little in summer, for at that period the farmer's hens, in most cases, are allowed to forage for their living. So that the cost of $ per hen per annum is very fairâif anything, it is on the high side. It will be seen that eggs, at the summer price of 12 cents per dozen, afford a paying margin. Surely, then, with the mo
. Eggs and egg farms : Trustworthy information regarding the successful production of eggs--the construction plans of poultry buildings and the methods of feeding that make egg farming most profitable .. . 55âMUSLIN-FRONT HOUSE met by the other that the cost of production is little in summer, for at that period the farmer's hens, in most cases, are allowed to forage for their living. So that the cost of $ per hen per annum is very fairâif anything, it is on the high side. It will be seen that eggs, at the summer price of 12 cents per dozen, afford a paying margin. Surely, then, with the modern and cheaper rations, prices during the winter season should be much lower, and yet afford a fair profit. But the summer price of 12 cents per dozen is a misleading one, for in reality it should be placed at twice the figure. Twenty-four cents per dozen for eggs in mid-summer? Yes, and in this way: It is a well-known fact that dur- ing the midsummer months it is hardly possible to buy from farmer or storekeeper a dozen or two eggs that will all be found good; in the majority of cases half of the eggs will be likely unfit for eating purposes, making the six actually worth 12 cents, or L'4 cents per dozen, and probably the flavor of the remaining six will not be such as new-laid eggs ought to have. There is not the slightest doubt that the great majority of purchasers would rather pay 24 cents per dozen, in the first place, for a reliable article than half the amount for inferior goods. There is no intention to say that our farmers bring into the market, or sell to the dealers, or that the latter dis- pose of bad or ill-flavored eggs, know- ing them to be such. On the contrary the farmers, as a rule, unfortunately give as little attention to the age or condition of the eggs they are taking to market as they give to the fowls which laid them. The question may be asked. How can we tell what the inside of an egg is like? How can we distinguish the bad eggs from the good ones?
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