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sion merchants; (2) the nearby towns, to merchants, hotels, 

 restaurants, or summer resorts; (3) the family trade of nearby 

 towns. 



Route of the Egg from the Producer to the Consumer. — 

 The route the egg takes from the hen to the table may vary. 

 In the graphic illustration given in cut No. 198 we see that the 

 egg may take a start in one of five directions, and that the city 

 consumer may receive his eggs in one of three directions. The 

 producer may sell to the consumer, as is the case where the 



Fig. 198. — The route of the egg from the producer to the consumer. 



producer lives in close proximity to towns or cities, where there 

 are families, hotels, and restaurants that do not produce but 

 purchase their egg supply. This we may term family and 

 nearby restaurant trade. This is one of the most remunera- 

 tive trades to the producer. Some producers deliver their 

 eggs "same day laid" or "next day laid" in which case they 

 are collected at noon or middle of the afternoon and hurried 

 off on the delivery wagon. Usually these eggs bring five to 

 ten cents above the market price. 



