CHAPTER IV 

 Preparation of Eggs for Market 



If high prices are to be obtained for eggs they 

 must not only be good, but have a look of " class," to 

 the would be purchaser. They must be spotlessly 

 clean, and, as far as possible, each dozen should 

 present a uniform appearance. 



One is able to know each day the exact price of the 

 class of eggs which he is selling, for the Egg Market 

 is like the Stock or Bond Market, and one who is in 

 the Egg business is dealing with a commodity which 

 at all times is salable at a price. At The Corning 

 Egg Farm we receive daily the reports from the Ex- 

 change, as given in the New York Commercial. 

 These are cut out and placed in a scrap book, so that, 

 from year to year, we are able to tell exactly what 

 the conditions were on any given date, and form a 

 very close idea as to what can be expected in regard 

 to prices. And so we have an absolute basis of prices 

 for contracts. 



The nearest quotation to the tgg which is produced 

 by The Corning Egg Farm is what is termed " State 

 Pa. and nearby Hennery, white, fancy, large." This 

 we take as a, basis and arrange our prices from it 



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