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sumer: The poultryman sells them to egg collectors. The 

 collector may or may not sell them to small country stores. 

 The country stores sell them to the agents of commission 

 merchants who travel about through small towns gathering 

 eggs for carload shipments. The car is loaded and shipped 

 to New York, or other points, by fast freight. These cars 

 are kept at a low temperature by artificial refrigeration, or 

 by ice. On reaching New York the commission merchant 

 grades them carefully, and sells them to a jobber. The jobber 



Fig. 165. — A standard, thirty-dozen egg case used for the shipping of eggs to whole- 

 sale markets. These cases are light but very durable. 



in turn sells them to retail stores. The retail stores distribute 

 them to the consumer. Of course, this long-drawn-out mode 

 of distribution means a loss in quality and higher prices to 

 the consumer (Fig. 165). 



How to Improve Market Conditions. — A great deal has 

 been said concerning the improvement of market conditions. 

 The small poultry producer should try to develop a local 

 trade. Where a number of small producers live within a 

 certain radius of a market, they can co-operate and sell their 

 eggs together. The larger quantity will make the price 



