COOPERATION IN SELLING EGGS 47 



laid" is very often too great to resist when 

 prices are good. Hence "farmers' " eggs do 

 not fetch the top price in any city in the 

 world. Again, the farmers' hens have access 

 to manure heaps and eat all kinds of dis- 

 agreeable things. The flavor of an egg fre- 

 quently depends on the way a bird is fed. 

 To prove that this is so, try feeding hens on 

 onions, fish, or even rape, and test the flavor 

 of the eggs. 



The advantage of buying feed in large 

 quantities must be apparent to everyone. 

 Capital is not needed where a small society 

 is formed, every member of which pays cash 

 within fourteen days for the feed ordered 

 through the secretary. In our small society 

 here we have been able to buy as cheaply as 

 the local corn merchant. 



