EGGS AS A COMMERCIAL COMMODITY. 



THE CONSUMPTION OP EGGS' IN NEW-YORK CITY. 



Eggs form a very important commercial commodity. What the extent 

 of the business is in New-York there are no returns to enable one to state 

 definitely, but that it is large is manifest. We can form some estimate of it 

 by glancing at the consumption in other cities. 



EGGS CONSUMED IN PARIS. 



In Paris it was calculated that the annual average consumption of eggs 

 per head was one hundred and seventy-five, or in a population of two mil- 

 lions a total of three hundred and fifty millions. The average of the country 

 districts was placed even higher than this, while the aggregate French pro- 

 duct has been estimated at between seven and eight thousand millions an- 

 nually, a number large enough to form a string of beads that would twice 

 encircle the globe. 



IN GREAT BRITAIN THE QUANTITY CONSUMED 



has been set down at one billion five hundred millions, of which one hundred 

 millions are imported. The bulk of the importations and large quantities of 

 the home produce go to London, which, however, does not eat, proportion- 

 ately, so large a number as Paris. 



COMPARISON WITH NEW-YORK CITY. 



It will be safe to assert, after a due comparison with these cities, that 

 New- York consumes annually one hundred million eggs an amount which 

 may be more readily comprehended by remembering that this number would 

 weigh about thirty-six thousand tons, and on the principle that an egg is 

 equal in nutritious value to a quarter of a pound of meat, would represent 

 an average of twenty-five pounds of flesh meat per year, for every man, 

 woman and child in the metropolis. 



THE CASH VALUE OF THIS PRODUCT. 



The cash value of this product cannot be less than two millions of dollars, 

 while the demand for the article and its selling price are steadily increasing. 



