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the cartons in which the eggs were packed were furnished 

 by the creamery. From the following table giving the 

 average price paid by the creamery by months during 

 1909, it can be seen that the return to the farmer is very 

 satisfactory, and far better than that received where eggs 

 are marketed, through the country store, where a bad 

 egg is worth, or rather brings, as much as a good egg : 



AVERAGE PRICE PAID BY CREAMERY FOR EGGS IN 1909 



"In this particular Minnesota village during the year 

 1909, which was just previous to marketing the eggs by 

 the new method, the eggs received by the storekeepers 

 hardly more than supplied the local demand. In fact, 

 during the whole of that year only 15 cases, or 450 dozen 

 eggs, were shipped out of the village. During the year 

 1909 nearly $4000 was paid out by the creamery for eggs, 



