EGGS ARE DEAR 



To the British housewife to whom eggs and bacon are something of a fetish the price 

 of both articles is becoming an alarming problem — that of the egg more than the bacon. 

 Before the war they preserved an even ratio; and the new laid egg at 4 cents matched 

 the rasher at the same price. But now they have become divorced, for with bacon at 

 36 cents a pound (and the rasher 6 cents), the new laid egg has soared even beyond 

 that, and some suburban tradesmen in well-to-do neighbourhoods have tried to extract 

 7 to 8 cents for an alleged new laid egg. 



The middle-class British housewife will not pay more than 80 cents a dozen for 

 eggs, and if dealers still try to force the price up they will find that they have lost their 

 market, and, to paraphrase the old saying, their only customers will be the goose that 

 buys the golden eggs. * 



NOTES 



The rooster is the direct cause of a loss to Missouri farmers and poultry raisers 

 of fully $3,000,000 every summer, says an agricultural journal — a loss that could be 

 prevented by the simple expedient of getting rid of the adult male birds as soon as the 

 hatching season is over. It is the fertile egg that spoils in hot weather. An infertile 

 egg will keep for weeks, even when subjected to a high temperature. A general 

 observance of "rooster day" throughout the State is expected to make Missouri eggs 

 sought after in the fancy egg markets of the world, and add millions to the income of 

 poultry raisers. Other states have heard the battle-cry and are arranging similar 

 "rooster" days. 



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