American Agriculturist, January 27,19?i3 
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The early truck brings the top prices. The 
use of 1000 pounds of complete fertilizer to the 
acre will frequently add as much as $100 an acre 
to the value of the crop, because it will not only 
increase the yield per acre, but will hasten the 
maturity of the crop, and bring it on the market 
earlier than otherwise. There are two things to 
remember: first, pin your faith to a reliable old 
brand like Royster’s; and second, use a complete 
fertilizer in large enough quantities per acre to in¬ 
sure worthwhile results. 
For helpful information about fertilizer, write 
freely to F, S. Royster Guano Co., Baltimore, Md. 
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LIME m LAND 
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the first harvest. SOLVAY makes 
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the land contains to hasten growing; 
crops to full maturity. 
Most farm lands need lime, and none 
is better than Solvay Pulverized Lime¬ 
stone— high test, non-caustic, furnace 
dried, and ground fine to spread easily.. 
Every farmer should read the 
Solvay Booklet on Liming 
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Alienas Book of Berries for 1923 
If interested in makingr more money from your farm or lot and more 
health and pleasure from your garden, you should have a copy of 
this book. It tells all about growing STRAWBERRIES, the most 
delicious of fruits. For years they have been the leading CASH 
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This Book of Berries gives simple understandable information about 
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The information and descriptims are dependable, based on 38 years 
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How Eggs Are Graded 
Definition of Quotation Terms—Herschel H. Jones 
T he time is coming -when the terms 
used to describe the various grades 
of eggs will be uniform on all markets 
in the same way that standard grades 
of potatoes have come to be accepted 
quite generally. Until that time ar¬ 
rives, however, the established trading 
agencies will continue to regulate the 
requirements on size, quality, color and 
weight of eggs which make up the var¬ 
ious market grades. Even in New 
York City, which is the largest egg 
market in the country, there is a cer¬ 
tain amount of discrepancy in the 
classification of the various grades of 
eggs, but traders turn generally to the 
egg rules laid down by the New York 
Mercantile Exchange and quote their 
prices according to the classification 
which the Exchange has in effect for 
its members. 
In the American Agriculturist mar¬ 
ket reports and in the various daily and 
weekly papers which come to the farm¬ 
er appear such terms as fresh gath¬ 
ered, hennery whites, nearby gathered 
firsts, etc. There are three distinct 
phases of the classification. Terms de¬ 
scriptive of the geographical origin of 
the eggs appear first—New York 
State, western, or nearby, the latter 
referring to eggs which are produced 
within a few hours’ express haul of the 
market quoted. Then, the eggs are 
described by terms which indicate the 
age of the eggs—fresh gathered, held 
fresh, hennery, refrigerator and stor¬ 
age eggs. Next, they are classified 
according to the quality of the eggs. 
The geographical description is 
self-explanatory. Under the classifi¬ 
cation according to the age, the New 
York Mercantile Exchange defines the 
classes as follows: 
Fresh Gathered—Eggs which arrive 
at the market from producers without 
retention at any point beyond the time 
necessary for rehandling or for ob¬ 
taining the usual unit of shipment. 
Hennery Eggs—Those which meet 
the qualifications above for fresh gath¬ 
ered eggs, but, in addition, those which 
reach the market directly from the 
poultry farmer or fancier upon whose 
premises they are produced. 
Held Fresh—Eggs which do not meet 
the above requirements, but which have 
not been preserved and which have not 
been held so long as to come under the 
branding required by law for cold stor¬ 
age or refrigerator eggs. 
Refrigerator Eggs—Those which have 
been held in cold storage under such 
conditions as require their branding as 
such according to federal or state law. 
Color—Eggs marketed without color 
description are assumed to' be “mixed” 
eggs, according to the trade. White 
eggs are those of which 95 per cent 
must be chalk white if extras, and 85 
per cent chalk white if in the other 
grades. Brown eggs must be 95 per 
cent uniform brown if extras, and 86 
per cent uniform dark bro'wn if in the 
other grades. 
Grading Within the Classes 
Within these classes just described, 
eggs may be of varying quality, and 
are described as Extras, Extra Firsts, 
Firsts, Seconds, Number 1 and 2 Dir¬ 
ties, and Number 1 Checks. Applying 
these terms, the followirig definitions 
are accepted by the trad^. 
Fresh Gathered Extras—Those packed 
in new or standard 30-dozen egg cases, 
which from January 1 to May 14 each 
year shall have at least 90 per cent 
clean, fresh, reasonably full, strong, 
sweet eggs of an average weight of 
46 pounds net. Other than loss, the 
other 10 per cent may be defective in 
strength or fullness, but must be 
sweet. The dead loss in bad eggs must 
not exceed three eggs per case and the 
total average loss not more than one 
dozen per case. Between May 16 and 
December 1, the 90 per cent require¬ 
ment is reduced to 80 per cent, the dead 
loss in bad eggs increased to six eggs 
and the total average loss to 1% dozen 
per case. 
Extra Firsts—As above except that 
the 90 per cent requirement is reduced 
to 75 per cent, and the 80 per cent re¬ 
quirement to 65 per cent. The net 
average weight must be 44 pounds or 
over. The total average loss may be 
two dozen per case, but of that loss not 
more than nine bad eggs. 
Fresh Gathered Firsts—As above 
except that the percent requirements 
are 66 and 60 per cent, respectively. 
The net average weight must be 43 
pounds. The dead loss in bad eggs 
may be one dozen per case and the total 
average loss two dozen per case, except 
between July 1 and August 15, when 
a dead loss of 114 dozen and a total 
average loss of three dozen per case 
is allowed. 
Fresh Gathered Seconds—As above 
except that the requirements are low¬ 
ered to 50 per cent and 40 per cent, 
respectively. The net average weight 
must be 41 pounds. The.average loss 
is increased to three dozen per case, 
but of this the loss in bad eggs must 
not be more than eighten eggs per case. 
Similar requirements within the va¬ 
rious classes are made for storage and 
refrigerator eggs which, of course, are 
taken care of by the dealers and cold 
storage men. 
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