. 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 .. . 4—PROFITABLE RETURNS a very few which might pass for either Minorca or good sized Leghorn eggs. "The English market," said Mr. Gunn, requires a fifteen pound egg that is, fifteen pounds to the long hundred, or ten dozen. Colored eggs are preferred. A large business might be done there, if I could only obtain the high grade eggs re- quired; but when it becomes necessary to grade egg
. 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 .. . 4—PROFITABLE RETURNS a very few which might pass for either Minorca or good sized Leghorn eggs. "The English market," said Mr. Gunn, requires a fifteen pound egg that is, fifteen pounds to the long hundred, or ten dozen. Colored eggs are preferred. A large business might be done there, if I could only obtain the high grade eggs re- quired; but when it becomes necessary to grade eggs from stock having three dozen defective out of eighteen dozen, this trade is simply impossible; otherwise it would be most remun- erative to those engaged in the poultry ; Mr. Park, a prominent merchant, acknowledged that he could give two cents a dozen more for selected eggs (that is, large or brown eggs) than for ordinary stock. "The market in Toronto last winter," said he, "was very unreliable. From the 1st to the 15th of December, eggs went flying up to forty cents a dozen; then, from the 18th to the end of the month, they were down to twenty cents on account of the great supply. The following contains some valuable pointers: "The loss in the value of eggs offered in Toronto and other markets through earless handling, is each year considerable. The slightest crack renders the eggs valueless for packing or cold storage purposes, and when sold as "checks" or cracked eggs, from two to three cents per dozen less than standard prices must be accepted. Collected from the nests in a haphazard way and carried to market over rough roads in an ordinary basket, there is usually considerable breakage before the eggs reach the store, where they run the chance of further loss by the handling of the merchant or his assistants. Loss in this way is inevitable so long as proper egg carriers are not used. These egg cases can be purchased at a ve
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