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N. H. Agri. Experiment Station 



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Average Monthly Premiums Paid in Cents per Dozen for New Hamp- 

 shire Specials (Large Brown) over New Hampshire Extras 



(Large Brown) 



(New Hampshire Egg Auction— 1934-1935 and 1935-1936) 



CENTS 

 4.0 



3.5 

 3.0 

 2.5 

 10 

 1.5 

 1.0 



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1 



, VOLUME 



(cases pes montm) 



150 E 



100 ^ 

 SO R 



JUiy AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. JAM. FEB. MAC. APR- MAY JUNE 



Figure 13. Premiums for quality are much higher in the late sum- 

 mer and fall months than in the winter and spring. Extras, themselves, 

 are good quality eggs as the market knows them. 



Specials Bring Sixty Cents a Case More Than Extras 



The average premium for Specials (Large Brown) over Extras (Large 

 Brown) during the first twelve months of the New Hampshire Egg Auc- 

 tion was 2.1 cents per dozen or 63 cents a case. In the second twelve 

 months the premium was L9 cents a dozen or 57 cents a case. 



These premiums ranged from 34 cents to $1.12 a case over a two- 

 year period and were highest in August and lowest in January. 



(See Fig. 13 for monthly premiums for a two-year period). 



It appears that these premiums are sufficient to warrant considerable 

 attention to the handling and storage of fresh eggs. The increased use 

 of wire baskets for collection and cooling of eggs, the provision of egg 

 rooms which will hold temperature below 60° F., and shipment of eggs 

 at least twice a w^eek are desirable and practicable in maintaining the 

 special grade. 



Some hens lay "extra" quality eggs. Therefore, regardless of how 

 carefully eggs are handled there will be some eggs of that quality. But 

 careful handling will usually prevent the number of extras exceeding 

 the tolerance allowed in the Special grade, namely, a maximum of 20 

 per cent. 



