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GRADING EGGS — PRODUCERS CREAMERY. OLNEY 



The remarkable machine in the background grades eggs according to size, weight and quality, divides U. S. extras, for example, into four 

 different ^grades, according to weight — and does it all without breaking an egg. 



An endless chain conveyor rotates the eggs as they pass over powerful light bulbs, so that the operator can detect the size of air cell, con- 

 dition of yolk and whites, and blood spots, rings and other deformities. The machine also weighs each egg. The egg case conveyor, left, ii 

 reversible. It takes eggs to the cooling room below, and also elevate; them to the grading room. 



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— ^"■/^Olney serves twcKe lOiintics 



^_y from wlikli it lias been .isscmh- 

 liiiy cream. On Moniiay, December _'S, 

 I9S6 another product will be handieJ 

 by the association, namely, ecus. I'ijcs 

 will be received for tlie first time that 

 Jay. Proiliicers of this district market 

 anmiaiiy in the neiizliborhood of twenty 

 miijion dozens of ei;t;s. or o\er W 10,000 

 cases, equivalent to l.soo carloads. 



The Oeamerv will start liandlini; ei.'i:s 

 on a conservative basis at the start. At 

 first ei;i;s will be received troni members 

 fesidint; in Richland ('oiinty and as ex- 

 perience is L'ained. other counties \mI1 be 

 added until the entire district is ser\cil. 

 l:t;.i,'s will be picked tip at tnc t.irin by 

 truck operators. The same men who are 

 now assembling,' cream will also collect 

 *ei;i;s. brintjini; them trom tarm to plant 

 twite e.ich week. Such frecjuent delivery 

 will furnish the a.ssociation a much better 

 product than is received when producers 



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By Frank A. Gougler 



deliver euys at will. We know from 

 experience in the handlint; of cream that 

 frec|uent delivery lias resulted in makinu 

 Prairie I'arms butler the best butter now 

 .iv.iiiable in Illinois. The same can be 

 accomplished with ei:.!^s. 



How Producer Can Help 



I"rec|uent delivery, while helplul in 

 prexentini; e^i^s Irom deterioration, does 

 not pre\enl ei;i:s from losint; c|uality due 

 to careless handlint: and care on the 

 -farm. r,t;t;s produced by healthy well-fed 

 tlocks are practically all ^ood when first 

 by laid. ^In fact, less than one percent of 

 c.ucs produced under favorable condi- 

 tions need to be rejected. 'S'et under 

 present conditions, as ei,'L;s arc handled in 

 Illinois, an enormous percentage ot our 

 e^qs re.ich the market as low-^rade ei^^s 

 which sell at a low price. Here is about 





100';; 



In review mi; the above classitication, 

 it should be understood that the ^crade 

 extras are the toji grade in this class- 

 itication. which means that this grade ot 

 eg,i;s are those of fine interior cjuality, 

 clean and sound shell. The air cell is 

 small, the white is tirin and clear and 

 the yolk is well centered ahd In good con- 

 dition. \ ■• 



On the average MV, of all our eggs 

 undo: present market conditions fall in 

 tt/is grade. Tiiis leaves OAY', in the 

 lower grades, standards, trades, checks 

 and cracks. If eggs were properly handled 

 .It the farm, from farm to plant, at plant 



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