MARKETING EGGS THROUGH THE CREAMERY. 



Frequency of shipping- - 



Instance from store to shipping point __ 



Length of railroad haul 



Time consumed in haul 



Outlet 



Name and address of person or firm to whom sold__ 



mi: IHVKSTKI:. 



The huckster or peddler who gathers eggs directly from the farm 

 is rarely found in Kansas. This system is practiced in the States 

 of Michigan. Indiana, Ohio. Kentucky, Tennessee, and the North- 

 eastern States. Where the huckster operates in thickly settled 

 localities and where it is possible to have a twice or thrice a week 

 service, the eggs gathered by him constitute some of the best on the 

 market, but where lie makes a trip of a week or 10 days the eggs are 

 exposed to many unfavorable conditions and are usually poor in 

 quality. 



THK I'OOI'KRATIVK CRKAMERY. 



The number of cooperative creameries handling eggs is not at the 

 present time large. There are some places where this system is 

 working successfully, and it is suggested as a feasible proposition in 

 localities where conditions are favorable. The chief requisites neces- 

 sary to operate such a S3'stem successfully are: (1) A well-established 

 creamery whose manager is interested in the welfare and advance- 

 ment of the community and who has by his straightforward dealings 

 gained the confidence of the farmers. (*2) A locality thickly enough 

 settled to supply the creamery with sufficient eggs to maintain a 

 trade in some near-by city. (3) A receptive and progressive body 

 of farmers who will cam- out their part of the agreement with the 

 creamery. (4) A system of gathering up the cream and eggs by 

 the creamery wagons or their delivery by the farmers at frequent and 

 regular intervals. (5) A system of payment which shall, like the 

 loss-off system, make each producer responsible for the quality of 

 the eggs. ((')) A market within easy shipping distance demanding 

 good dependable eggs and willing to pay a premium for them. For 

 a more detailed discussion of this subject the reader is referred to 

 an article which appeared in the Twenty-sixth Annual Report of the 

 Bureau of Animal Industry entitled "Marketing Eggs Through the 

 Creamery," and reprinted as Farmers' Bulletin 445. 



SHIPPING K<;<iS LOCALLY. 



It is the general custom for the farmer in Kansas to dispose of his 

 eggs through the country merchant or the cash buyer. The country 

 merchant may in turn either sell to the local cash buyer or ship his 

 receipts independently to commission men or car-lot shippers in sur- 



