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customers will help it out by taking as many eggs as possible, 

 and to such customers the Society reciprocates by supplying 

 them first with eggs during a shortage. 



The Society pays carriage on all eggs dispatched, though this 

 gives them the trouble of making any necessary claims to tho 

 railway companies for loss or damage. It finds, too, that it is 

 safer and cheaper to send eggs by goods' train at owner's risk, 

 When this is done, the railw^ay companies more readily listen 

 to claims for theft or damage than ^Yhen the eggs are consigned 

 by passenger train. 



Recently, the Society has been much concerned on account of 

 the excessive number of undersized and dirty eggs received and 

 has issued a notice to its members calling their attention to 

 this fact, and informing them that in future Bd. per dozen less 

 than the price quoted as the price for the week will be paid for 

 dirty eggs and for eggs under IJ oz. weight. The notice points 

 out that foreign eggs of large size and excellent quality are 

 coming into the country, and that the Society can only maintain 

 its place in the market if its members keep the best stock and 

 manage their poultry in the most approved fashion. The Society 

 is ready to give its members free expert advice on any question 

 concerning stock, particularly in those cases where deterioration 

 of stock and eggs has occurred. The example of this pioneer 

 Society might well be followed in other rnral communities. 



