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In Prince Edward Island, within the last few years, a number of egg 

 circles or associations have been formed for no other purpose than the 

 marketing of eggs. The membership of each circle ranges from 35 to 100, 

 and each elects a board of directors and hires a manager. It is the business 

 of the manager to collect eggs and find a market for them, finally turning 

 over the proceeds to each member. The eggs are gathered and graded 

 according to rules which must be lived up to. The manager's salary is 

 paid out of a commission which, during the summer, equals about one cent 



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a dozen on all eggs, and during the winter amounts to about two cents 

 a dozen. 



The oojects of the egg circles are to secure better prices for poultry 

 products, to improve the quality and to buy at wholesale supplies for its 

 members. It also aims to introduce pure-bred poultry and disseminate 

 poultry information. 



Marketing Vegetables.— In the marketing of vegetables, quality and 

 appearance count for nearly as much as in case of fruit. The attractive 

 package of the family size is in greatest demand. Several of the western 

 states are taking the lead in this respect, as they have done in case of the 

 marketing of fruit. They are teaching the eastern truck grower the value 

 of putting upon the market a strictly fancy article. 



The most successful vegetable growers are those that produce as high 



k i Courtesy of The Pennsylvania Farmer, Philadelphia, Pa. 



