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be kept in mind that the average farm flock does not as yet command 

 much interest from the farmer, and is not, as a rule, looked upon as a 

 business proposition. It becomes important, therefore, first to enlarge 

 his view of the enterprise ; to enable him to see the advantage of the bet- 

 ter methods agreed upon by the Association and by means of this educa- 

 tion, he will soon develop into a desirable member. 



The egg gatherer is usually the manager of the organization. He 

 collects the eggs on a certain day each week, candles and prepares the 

 same for shipment, and delivers them to the shipping station. He also 

 receives the returns for the shipment, reserves his commission, pays the 



Fig. II. — Egg collector of an Ontario County Egg Circle. 



freight or express charges, places to the credit of the Association Bank 

 Account any fraction of a cent which would make payment to the farmers 

 difficult and with the balance he returns to the members as high a price 

 as possible, of course making deductions where bad or inferior eggs are 

 delivered. 



A Poultry and Egg Marketing Association is not unlike a co-operative 

 fruit growers' association. They are alike in this particular, at least, viz., 

 that success depends to a very great extent upon the energy, ability and 

 honesty of the manager employed; and so important is this, that unless 

 an association is able to secure a man of such character, it had better 

 give up the idea altogether, and thus avoid the disappointment of failure. 



