XJNIVERSIT 



CHAPTER II. 



LOCATIOX. 



A location near a city secures certain important advan- 

 tages. An article produced daily the year through, and 

 which is prized for being fresh, should be raised as close 

 to a market as possible. Thus the highest prices may 

 be obtained, the special aim being to supply the demand 

 for better eggs than any can be that are packed and sent 

 great distances. Under the system which now supplies, 

 to a great extent, northern cities, there is the time spent 

 in collecting eggs from various sources, to which must 

 be added the time for transportation, and the time they 

 are in the dealer's hands after arrival. Then the jarring 

 is more or less injurious, and after it, eggs will keep but 

 a little while. They pass through so many hands that 

 no one in particular is responsible for the character of 

 the article. Under a better plan, eggs are delivered 

 directly to consumers, families being visited regularly 

 once a week. The egg route has this advantage over a 

 milk route, that it need not be traversed so often, only 

 a sixth of the whole being traveled daily; thus the 

 expense of delivery is not great. As a team must be 

 sent to town every day to collect stale bread from the 

 bakeries, waste bits from the meat markets, etc., eggs 

 can be sent, when only a day or two laid, with no extra 

 trouble. If disposed of at stores, an arrangement should 

 be made with the dealer whereby they may be kept in a 

 separate lot, and sold under the name of the producer. 

 Consumers readily appreciate eggs, butter or other prod- 

 uce that comes from a regular, responsible source. 



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