MARKETING EGGS. 



Upon the Sale of the Products Depend the Profits — ^WhoIe= 



sale Versus Retail Markets — Advantages and Disad= 



vantages of the "Private Trade"^Selecting 



and Shipping Eggs. 



By H. A. Nourse. 



The profits of the egg business depend finally on the 

 success of the owner or manager as a salesman. The 

 ability to so manage the plant and handle the flock that 

 eggs will be produced in liberal numbers, does not always 

 assure the success of the undertaking. These eggs must be 

 turned into money and although there is always a demand for 

 eggs the amount of money received depends upon the time, 

 place and manner of disposing of them. 



Although an extra four cents on the price of a single 

 dozen of eggs is not so material, the difference counts up 

 rapidly as the dozens multiply. From one hundred dozen, 

 'for example, the additional revenue would be $4.00 or 

 enough to pay for the feed of four hens twelve months. 

 Four cents a dozen, however, is not by any means the limit 

 of difference between the price received by good marketing 

 and that obtained by the opposite. It is by no means un- 

 common for a premium of ten cents per dozen over the 

 regular market quotations to be paid, month in and month 

 out, for selected stock. Numerous cases are on record, also, 

 of a fixed price of fifty cents per dozen being paid throughout 

 the year, though eggs sold for eleven to forty cents in the 

 open markets of the same city; These are, of course, 

 extreme cases and these prices are obtained by catering 

 to a particular trade, with a fine grade of table eggs. 



It is frequently stated that "quality," if sufficiently 

 high, will always find a market at advanced prices, but this 

 does not by any means hold true in the egg business. It 

 is necessary first to produce a high grade of stock and then 



