-. ,. MARKET METHODS :,; 20I 



ihat they could not. The price ranges from i to 5 

 cents, with an average of 2 cents. 



HOW TO IMPROVE EGG MARKETING 



Buyers offer many suggestions as to the way 

 farmers should handle eggs for market. Farmers ' 

 should be less intentionally careless ; they should , 

 not wash the eggs; they should keep eggs not 

 strictly fresh at home; they should market their 

 eggs frequently ; should learn the difference in price 

 that could be obtained for good eggs over bad ^ 

 ones; carefulness in details should be practiced;' 

 the nests should be kept clean ; the eggs kept in a 

 dry place and covered when being brought to town ;' 

 the cocks should be disposed of at the end of the 

 breeding season ; the eggs should be gathered fre- 

 quentl}', and be graded ; and that farmers should 

 recognize that when they trade eggs with the mer- ' 

 chant, they are doing so almost always at a loss. ' 



From the foregoing answers it is evident that 

 there is considerable loss of money to farmers each 

 year. One year, to use Mr. Phillips' figures, when 

 the output was 146,381,180 dozens of eggs 

 marketed, an average loss of two dozen rots to the 

 case would mean a total loss of 9,758,745 dozen 

 eggs. These were irretrievable losses, partly on 

 account of carelessness. This number does not in- 

 clude eggs classed as seconds. There is not the 

 least doubt that 50 per cent of the rotten eggs could 

 be eliminated, and if this were done, taking eggs at 

 16 cents a dozen, a fair average price for the year, 

 the farmers of Kansas would have saved nearly 

 $780,700; the complete elimination of bad eggs 

 ■would increase the income by over $1,500,000. If 



