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Show FRESH EGGS IN GOOD DEMAND Little More Attention to Details Will Result In Profit, Repaying Time and Labor. (Ey PROF. A. G. PHILLIPS, Kansas.) The demand for eggs seems practically practi-cally unlimited, more especially for the better grades. The growth of the storage industry has tended to equalize equal-ize prices by increasing the demand de-mand in summer when fresh eggs are plentiful and supplying the deficiency defi-ciency in winter when fresh eggs are scarce. Since the demand Is greatest for the best grades, it seems obvious that a little more attention to details will result in a profit amply repaying the extra time and labor involved. It is not the purpose here to enter into any discussion of the ways of increasing the production of eggs, but Bimply to point out the possibilities illSllli v. pi Wf:3hif-..mmk, llilllSlPillllBli i y':':-l ,; - :.:;.y';:W WV:-x-: tlMXyy ' .. ' .- ' vK: y'-: ':': .- , vs.. wis-';-'?'.- - An Excellent Egg Candler. of profit as a result of extra care in handling and marketing the eggs now produced; the extra profit is to be made by obtaining the 'top retail price, and, as consumers become, acquainted with the product by obtaining ob-taining a premium of from one to five cents per dozen over the regular price pair for ordinary eggs. In order to obtain top prices for eggs, they must be uniform in size, uniform in color, and uniform in quality. The uniformity in color is not always important and depends on the market; uniformity in size excludes ex-cludes small eggs and unusually large ones as well; while uniformity In quantity calls for absolutely clean eggs that have been gathered promptly after being laid, kept under the best possible conditions, and marketed not more than three or four days after they are laid. |