440 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



with the flock after the breeding season is over. Often eggs 

 from stolen nests and other eggs of doubtful character are 

 marketed. All these conditions are bad and reflect to the 

 discredit of the farmer. When marketing, the country store- 

 keeper buys everything that is brought to him. He pays the 

 same price for all eggs, regardless of quality, size or soundness. 

 Usually goods are given in exchange. This system of buying 

 eggs as they run is the "case-count" method. The store- 

 keeper often has little idea of the value of careful storage of 

 the eggs and further deterioration results. When one realizes 

 that a temperature of 70 degrees will start the embryo to hatch 

 it is little wonder that we have such a large proportion of rotten 

 eggs. Over four million dollars is lost annually to the Missouri 

 farmer by bad eggs. 



Exactly the same conditions were formerly prevailing in 

 Ontario, Canada. How to change these conditions and bring 

 about the proper production, care and marketing of eggs is 

 an immense problem. To accomplish this result we must 

 educate the farmer. The best manner in which to do this is 

 to reach his pocket. So we must be able to show that better 

 care and attention to the poultry brings increased returns. 



The Ontario Department of Agriculture became interested. 

 After some study of the situation the marketing end of the 

 situation was the one that seemed the best point of attack. 

 To increase the production alone would hardly bring the farmer 

 relief. It would merely lessen his selling price. To better 

 the marketing end would increase the selling price and, as a 

 natural result, make it worth while to take the required care 

 of the poultry. In the successful marketing of poultry prod- 

 ucts the Danish people were found to be eminently successful. 

 Their success was due to co-operation. 



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 THE OLD. WORLD VERSUS THE NEW WORLD. 



The position of the Danish farmer is entirely different 

 from that of the Canadian or American farmer. There the 

 farms are small; the farmers are either tenants or else owners 

 of quite small farms, ten, fifteen and twenty-five acres being 

 the usual farm. The soil is poor and the climate rigorous. 

 As a natural result the Danish farmer is quite poor and so has 

 all the traits commonly attributed to the poor the world over — 

 honesty, frugality and industry. Such was their condition in 

 the 80's. 



