A. H. BARBER CREAMERY SUPPLY CO.. CHICAGO, ILL. 



FRESH SPRING EGGS. 



STRICTLY FRESH GATHERED: 



Contents clear and full-bodied. The yolk, or air-space scarcely ever per- 

 ceptible. Shell, firm and crisp. 



No. 1 STORAGE PACKED FIRSTS: 



All good-sized stock. No Small, Dirty, or Cracked eggs. Should average, 

 at least, 44 pounds net to the 30-dozen case. Not necessary to candle in March, 

 April, or May, if reasonably certain that the stock is Fresh Gathered, from 

 clean, regular nests. Some dealers take no chances, but candle them if intended 

 for storage. 



CURRENT RECEIPTS: 



Original receipts, ungraded. Contains mixed grades, as: No. 1, Small, 

 Dirties, and Cracked eggs. Careful shippers do not store them ungraded. 



STORAGE SECONDS: 



Culled from fresh Current Eeceipts. Contains Small and Slightly Stained 

 eggs. Only their size and appearance keeps them out of the No. 1 Storage 

 Packed class. Stored freely. 



DIRTIES No. 1: 



Broadly Stained and Smooth Dirties not crusted. Safe to store. 



DIRTIES No. 2: 



Crusted, dirt, or yolk-smears. Not safe to store, on account of the more 

 or less odorous nature of the matter on the shell, which often penetrates to the 

 contents. Susceptible to mold. Not favored by housewives. 



BLIND CHECKS, CRACKS, WASHED, LEAKERS: 



Blind Checks are not visible to the naked eye. Detected when "clicked" 

 together when grading for storage packing or when candling. Some shippers 

 include Blind Checks with Dirties, but, to be safe, put them with the Cracks, 

 as the chances are that they will be cracked before reaching their destination. 

 Cracks, Pin-hole Checks, and Washed eggs should be disposed of locally, as they 

 are very susceptible to mold. Leakers should be discarded if not sold locally. 

 Very susceptible to germs. 



PRICES: 



In the wholesale markets there is usually from 2 to 3 cents difference 

 between No. 1 Storage Packed and Seconds, and about 1 cent difference in each 

 of the grades from Seconds down; that is, Dirties are usually 1 cent lower than 

 Seconds, and Cracks are usually 1 cent lower than Dirties. The shippers, as a 

 rule, sell their storage grades from Seconds down at a lower price than they 

 pay for the original Current Receipts. 



It will be noted in one of the chapters that Pin-hole Checks and Washed 

 eggs are listed with Cracks. The sellers will understand from that notation that 

 eggs so treated are a loss to the buyer. Both are unfitted for storage. When 

 selling Pin-hole Checks, it would be only fair to tell the buyer what he is get- 

 ting, as inadvertently, he might place them in with No. 1 Storage stock and 

 subject the entire case to mold. 



It should not be necessary to call a buyer's attention to a Washed egg; 

 they advertise themselves by their smooth shells and lack of the luster which 

 is observed in the shells of unwashed fresh eggs. 



.SUMMER SECONDS. 

 SMALL, DIRTY, SHRUNKEN: 



As graded in the Spring Seconds. 



HELD, STALE, WEAK AND WATERY, HEATED: 



Caused by holding too long before marketing; rough handling when shipping 

 or hauling to market, which loosens the membrane allowing the air-space to shift; 

 and heat, principally, which produces deteriorating conditions in the Fertile or 

 Infertile egg. 



