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to the central association. Some local associations have their mem- 
bers deliver their eggs to a cooperative consumer store, but this is 
usually not the most satisfactory way. The common practice is for 
the association to employ an egg collector, who, with his horse and 
wagon, gathers each member's eggs at least once and usually twice a 
week. The larger local associations may have several egg collectors 
on different routes in their membership territory. Local associa- 
tions located near one of the branch houses of the central association 
have the egg collector deliver eggs to this point. The common 
practice is for the local association to pay the egg collector a fixed 
sum per pound for eggs collected. The egg collector pays to the 
member for all eggs gathered a price fixed by weight by the local 
association, based on the weekly quotation issued by the central 
association. The local association supplies its egg collectors with 
egg boxes. Eggs are sent in these boxes to the central association's 
packing houses. 
COOPERATIVE BACOX FACTORIES COLLECT AXD EXPORT EGGS. 
Besides the Danish Cooperative Egg Export Association, several 
cooperative bacon factories sell eggs along cooperative lines. The 
egg producers within the territory of the bacon factory organize into 
a cooperative egg export association, which is placed under the man- 
agement of the bacon factory. The membership in the egg associa- 
tion and its financial affairs are distinctly separate from those of the 
bacon association, although most members belong to both. In other 
words, the management of the cooperative bacon factory undertakes 
to collect its members' eggs for export under a special department 
organized and operated for this purpose. 
The system of control, which guarantees the consumers a fresh 
quality product, is similar to that of the Danish Cooperative Egg 
Export Association. The principal difference is that, with the egg 
association of the bacon factory, the producers are direct members of 
the association, as the membership is restricted to a limited territory, 
and the association collects its eggs direct from the members. The 
D. A. E. pays the local association the fixed quotation, since the local 
must arrange for collecting the eggs from its members. The egg- 
association of the bacon factory fixes a quotation, which is paid to 
the producers, and the association employs the egg collectors sent 
out direct from its headquarters to gather the members' eggs and 
bring them direct to the plant. The surplus at the end of the year 
is returned to the members in proportion to total weight of eggs 
delivered, and any deficit is divided on the same basis. The members 
are jointly and severally liable. The D. A. E.'s quotation is slightly 
higher, but that is not the actual price paid the producers, as the 
members must stand the cost of collecting the eggs. 
The principal sale is through export. The bacon-factory man- 
agement usually sells the eggs to the British wholesalers and to a 
few large retail companies who buy its bacon. The British whole- 
sale provision trade deals in eggs as well as bacon, which affords 
the bacon plant's manager a direct business connection with British 
egg buyers. The cooperative bacon factories collect only stamped 
controlled eggs and are consequently in a positon to furnish their 
