462 TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VI 



Every consumer should be taught never to eat any goods 

 that are swelled or that do not have a natural odor and taste. 



The standardization of the amount of water and product 

 to be placed in cans of the various foods by the Standards Com- 

 mittee will practically stop loading with water which has been 

 practiced by some canners in the past. 



IOWA EGG LAW 



The purpose of the egg law is to promote fair dealing in 

 eggs, and increase the market value of Iowa's egg crop. 



As with any other produce, the market value of any lot of 

 eggs is governed by its quality. Bad eggs are worthless ; good 

 eggs command the highest market price. 



In interpreting the egg law for the purpose of issuing rules 

 and regulations, the purpose of the law has been kept clearly in 

 mind, and such rules and regulations formulated as will tend to 

 put our egg crop on a quality basis and thereby secure for the 

 Iowa farmer the best price for this cash crop. Only such re- 

 strictions have been placed on buying as are necessary to pre- 

 vent bad eggs entering market channels and thus lowering the 

 market value of good eggs. These restrictions are not intended 

 in any way to hinder free traffic in eggs by honest buyers, but 

 to prevent the demoralization of the market by unfair buying 

 methods. 



While reliable information, showing the number of egg:^ 

 produced is not available, Iowa probably ranks first as an egg 

 producing state. The total income received by the state from 

 this source, during the last year, probably amounts to about 

 $51,376,600. The average farm price for eggs during this 

 period was 38.6 cents, which means that 133,100,000 dozen of 

 eggs were marketed. This does not take into account, of 

 course, the large number consumed on the farms of the state. 



The following tabulations showing the contrast between 

 present egg prices and those of a few years ago, will be of in- 

 terest : 



