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before this system was in vogue, that I have taken eggs to town dur- 

 ing the summer months and the merchant would have boxes and bas- 

 kets and washtubs full of eggs sitting here and there in all parts of 

 the store decaying upon their hands, and they would either refuse to 

 buy your eggs at any price, or perhaps offer you three to five cents 

 per dozen, but at present, during the period of greatest production, 

 the eggs are bought at a reasonable price and placed in cold storage 

 and are later sold during the period when but few are being produced. 



From the shell to the frying pan. 



If it was not for this method, eggs would be ruinously low during the 

 spring months and would be beyond the purchasing power of the aver- 

 age man during the fall and winter months. 



MARKETING EGGS. 



Eggs can be marketed to a better advantage throughout the year 

 than any other poultry product. When gathered from the nest they 

 are a finished product ready for packing and shipment without having 

 to go through any other process or putting the poultryman to any 

 other trouble. 



PERCENTAGE OF EGG CROP EACH MONTH. 



January, 



February, 



March, 



April, 



May, 



June, 



15% 



July, 



August, 



September, 



October, 



November, 



December, 



4% 

 2% 

 1% 

 2% 



You will notice from the above that sixty-eight per cent of the 

 eggs are produced during the months of March, April, May and June, 



