COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES 



are guaranteed to be strictly fresh, and if any bad eggs are 

 found the producer will replace them with good ones. These 

 eggs are marketed every day, and sell readily at 35c. per 

 dozen, when eggs marketed in the ordinary way are selling 

 at 18c to 20c. per dozen. 



The Farmer's Problem. — Merchants who buy, handle 

 and sell eggs are not to blame for the low price. It is the 



lack of uniformity, the 

 unattractive appearance, 

 and the suspicion that 

 the eggs may not be 

 fresh, that cause the low 

 price. The farmer with 

 a small flock of chickens 

 can do very little to im- 

 prove his markets alone, 

 as he does not produce 

 enough eggs to enable 

 him to interest a grocer 

 or to work up a special 

 trade. This problem 

 requires co-operation. 

 Marketing Plan. — Sometimes eggs are marketed through 

 the local creamery. Each patron having eggs to sell has 

 a rubber stamp, with which he stamps on each egg the 

 name of the local creamery and his own number, so that, 

 in case the eggs are not good, they can be traced back to the 

 right farm. Each patron delivers his eggs to the creamery 

 with his cream. He must gather them every day, keep 

 them in a cool, clean place, deliver no dirty eggs or eggs 

 more than a week old. Thus the creamery company can 

 guarantee the eggs to be fresh, clean and attractive. Some 

 have been shipping eggs in this way for years, direct to 

 grocers in cities, who are glad to handle a high-class article. 

 They have been able to pay their patrons from four to ten 

 cents per dozen more than farmers get who market in the 

 old way. 



Suggestions. — A co-operative creamery is an excellent 

 center at which to deliver eggs, where several farmers are 

 interested. 



Figure 130. — A neat, attractive rnd conven- 

 ient way to handle efegs. 



