CO-OPERATION IN EGG-FARMING 205 
effected, however, did not equal the co-operative feature that was 
inaugurated later, which was in the marketing. One-of the 
principal reasons now given for the success of most of the members 
of the present association is in cheap marketing. ‘A man does 
not have to spend half his time trying to sell his eggs. He can 
put his whole work on his flocks ” is the way they explain. 
Some of the facts in connection with the colony as it is to-day 
must be of interest to other poultrymen. From the 1500 baby 
chicks allotted to the thirty-three pioneers, something over four 
years ago, there are now about 100,000 laying hens and pullets. 
Only White Leghorns are raised, and the eggs are depended on 
for the profits. The production averages about 25,000 eggs daily, 
with indications that this will be doubled in another year. It is 
significant that all of the thirty-three original members of the 
co-operative association are still in the game, although some have 
been more successful than others. 
SuPPLY oF Eces 
The method of working adopted by a co-operative egg society 
may involve the establishment of a depot in a convenient position 
as near as possible to a railway station, and the making of arrange- 
ments for collecting, receiving, testing, grading, packing and 
selling the eggs on behalf of the members. 
In order to secure a good reputation for the society’s eggs, and 
to obtain the best prices, eggs should be sent to the local depot not 
less than three times a week, no matter how few there may be from 
each individual member. Eggs not more than three days old, 
which are sold as “new-laid,” usually command 20 per cent. 
more than those which are five to seven days old, as the latter, 
though excellent for frying or poaching, have lost the quality 
desired for boiling. 
A few eggs are received from France and Holland which are 
equal to English new-laid eggs, but the quantity is very small, 
and most of the foreign eggs imported from France, Denmark, 
Italy, Hungary and Russia are ten days old or more when received, 
