Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1912 — POULTRY [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POULTRY

FRESH EGGS IN GOOD DEMAND Little More Attention to Details Will Result In Profit, Repaying Time and Labor. (By PROF. A. Q. PHILLIPS, Kansas.) The demand for eggs seems practically unlimited, more especially for the better grades. The growth of the storage Industry has tended to equalize prices by increasing the demand In summer when fresh eggs are plentiful and supplying the deficiency In winter when fresh eggs axe scarce. Since the demand Is greatest for the best grades, It seems obvious that a little more attention to details will result in a profit amply repaying the extra time and labor Involved. It Is not the purpose here to enter Into any discussion of the ways of Increasing the production of eggs, but simply to point out the possibilities

of profit as a result of extra care tn handling and marketing the eggs now produced; the extra profit Is to bo made by obtaining the top retaft price, and, as consumers become acquainted with the product, by obtainlng a premium of from one to five cents per dozen over the regular price pair for ordinary eggs. In order to obtain top prices for eggs, they must be uniform In uniform in color, and uniform in quality. The uniformity in color la not always Important and depends on the market; uniformity In size excludes small eggs and unusually large ones as well; while uniformity in quantity calls for absolutely clean egga that have been gathered promptly after being laid, kept under the best possible conditions, and marketed not more 4han three or four days after they are laid.

'Phone 315 if in need of anything in the job printing line and a representative of The Democrat will call upon you promptly.

An Excellent Egg Candler.