DEMONSTRATION WORK IN INCIDENT, STORY AND SONG 



selling. As a result there are now five Co-operative Egg- 

 Selling Associations and two Junior Clubs. The first one 

 was organized by Dr. J. C. Robert, a useful citizen who 

 always leads off. 



One of these Associations, with packing center at Center- 

 ville, has a membership of seventeen. At first the packing 

 was done at the home of a member and the officers did the 

 work. Now a Secretary-Manager is paid ll^ cents per 

 dozen to do the packing, which is done in a room of the old 

 school building in town. This Club has already sold more 

 than $500.00 worth of eggs at prices ranging from 20 to 25 

 per cent above the market prices. 



Another Association, with packing center at Woodville, 

 has a membership of twenty. The Secretary-Manager is 

 paid two cents per dozen. To assist with the grading and 

 packing, the members are divided into committees of three, 

 serving by turns. When first organized the packing was 

 done at the dormitory of the Agricultural High School, but 

 after the opening of the school the room was needed, so the 

 agent at the Y. & M. V. depot offered to share space with 

 us, the depot being a large and roomy one. This Association 

 has an electric tester, scales for weighing the eggs, not ac- 

 cepting less weight than 2 ounces or 24 ounces per dozen. 



At first shipments were made in the commercial cases 

 with fillers.^ Now they are made in one-dozen cartons packed 

 in commercial cases. Shipments are made by express, those 

 made by parcel post not proving very satisfactory. This 

 Association ships both the fertile and infertile eggs, receiving 

 a premium for infertile eggs. They have sold 3,815 dozen 

 at an average price of 24 cents a dozen, which is 6 cents above 

 the market. 



Association No. 3, with packing center in the country 



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