TWENTIETH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VI 507 



all lots of eggs bought from country merchants before they are shipped, 

 as the large eastern receivers buy on a quality basis only. It naturally 

 follows, that good business methods demand that buyers buy on a "loss off" 

 basis and deductions for losses made on a basis of market value of the 

 lots bought. 



It has been fitly said: "an egg is no better than its shell." An egg with 

 a dirty shell, no matter how good its contents is graded as a "second" 

 or a "dirty" before being sent to market and as such commands the price 

 of a second or dirty only. This spring there has been an excessive 

 number of "dirties" produced and the resultant losses to producers have 

 been heavy. "With but little care and attention, proper nests can be 

 provided; the saving in value of the eggs produced will adequately repay 

 the producer for the small additional expense incurred incidental to 

 producing cleaner eggs. Merchants receiving an excessive number of 

 dirties can help secure a better market for the eggs produced in their 

 vicinity as well as confer a favor on their patrons if they will see that the 

 bulletins on eggs issued by the Iowa State College at Ames are widely 

 circulated in their communities. 



For the purpose of securing a wider distribution of the new egg law, 

 and the rules and regulations issued pursuant to it they have been re- 

 printed in this bulletin. 



WHO MUST BE LICENSED? 



The law requires the following classes of dealers to take out egg 

 dealers' licenses: 



1. All merchants, hucksters and others buying eggs from producers 

 unless such producers are also licensed egg dealers. 



2. All dealers, regardless of the nature of their business, who sell 

 eggs in quantities in excess of one case at a time. 



The following are not required to take out a license. 



1. Merchants who buy all their eggs from licensed dealers and who 

 do not sell in lots greater than one case. 



2. Farmers and other producers of eggs who do not sell for trade in 

 eggs other than those produced by them or their tenants. 



3. Bakeries, restaurants, etc., buying eggs for their consumption 

 only are not classed as engaged in the business of dealing in eggs and 

 are, therefore, not required to secure a license to buy the eggs con- 

 sumed by them. 



The licenses now being issued expire March 1, 1920, at which time a 

 new license must be taken out. A suitable blank for applying for the 

 license will be sent to each dealer having a license expiring on that 

 date, before it expires. 



EGG CANDLING 



There is only one method for distinguishing good eggs from bad ones 

 or which can be used for the purpose of grading eggs, and the method is 

 candling. Numerous candling devices have been invented and sold but 

 none but the single hole candle operated in a darkened room has proven 

 satisfactory as regards accuracy of candling. 



