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Report of Farmers' Institutes 



With eggs, the wealthy Jewish people of New York City will 

 pay an extremely high price for the strictly fresh white egg; 

 while, again, Boston wants a strictly fresh, but a genuinely brown 

 egg. Each will pay well to have their caprices satisfied, but 

 neither wants an}^ half-way work. They must be strictly white 

 or strictly brown — no cream-white or light brown eggs will do, 

 and in no case can white and brown ones be mixed without loss 

 in price. 



Fig. 591. — Eggs Prepared to Ship by Parcel Post 



Considering the great diversity of market demands, the vast 

 territory over which the operation of marketing is to be conducted, 

 and the great volume of produce to be handled, the question of 

 marketing the products of this very large class of producers be- 

 comes very complex, and it is evident that it is not the job for 

 the novice or the uninitiated. Nor is it the job for the man en- 

 gaged in the work of production, for that alone, when conducted 

 on a large scale, is a whole man's job. 



AGENCIES FOR DISTRIBUTION 



We must, then, utilize the present agencies for the wholesale 

 distribution of food products, or, if these are not giving satisfac- 

 tory results, new agencies must be created. The first of the pres^ 



