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eggs are naturally of poorer quality during the summer months, but 

 on the other hand, the quality could be improved a great deal if .every- 

 body would work together and handle the product promptly. A num- 

 ber of years ago eggs were such a common and cheap commodity that 

 there was not a great deal of care taken in the handling of them, but 

 now that the produce business has grown to such an extent in the last 

 few years, eggs have brought a big price, and we think that handlers 

 of this commodity should get out of their old, antiquated ways, and 

 handle them in a modern up-to-date manner. If the farmers and mer- 

 chants would only just realize this, and would get together on it and 

 handle in this way, it would mean thousands and thousands of dollars 

 increase in revenue on eggs .each year to the producers. 



In some states and in some sections, associations of farmers and 

 poultry raisers have been organized for selling the produce of the 

 farm. The general idea is to produce larger and better eggs and mar- 





A happy combination boys, poultry and eggs. 



ket them in a systematic way. They gather the eggs twice a day and 

 keep them clean, sort them, and throw out all under or over-sized eggs 

 and pack them for market in cartons holding one dozen each. The 

 white eggs and brown ones are packed in separate cartons. All un- 

 attractive and dirty eggs are discarded, so far as the market is con- 

 cerned. The eggs are shipped direct from the producer to the city 

 grocer or consumer. A guarantee of the facts set forth on the carton 

 concerning their quality, with a statement that any egg found defective 

 in any way will be replaced free of charge. Such eggs bring several 



