Hampshire and Vermont where producers were proportionally highest 

 among those surveyed. 



When ownership structure by types of marketing firms was com- 

 pared, it was found that a large proportion of the sole proprietorships 

 occurred in the producer group (Table 3). Corporate structures seemed 

 to be most common in the packer and wholesaler group, but eight firms 

 in the producer group were corporations. All of the cooperatives were 

 packers. 



Table 3. Form of Business Organization 

 by Different Types of Egg Marketing Firms. 



* Includes: assemblers, breaker and truckers. 



In-Plant Functions Performed 



Most of the firms contacted in the survey performed some "in-plant" 

 function on the eggs they marketed. In-plant functions included washing, 

 candling, sizing, cartoning, loose packing and breakout. Those that did 

 not perform any of these functions included truckers, assemblers and 

 wholesalers who bought eggs already packed in the form which they 

 supplied the eggs to their customers. 



Table 4 lists the functions performed and the percentage of eggs 

 so handled in each state and for all the states. These data undoubtedly 

 were greatly influenced by the size of the firms performing certain of 

 these functions. However, firms in Massachusetts and Connecticut did 

 buy many of their eggs already cleaned at the farm. Very few left the 



Table 4. In Plant Functions Performed by New England 

 Marketing Firms by Percent of Eggs Handled. 



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