Show EGGS BY WEIGHT IS D tho the danish method ot of buying eggs by weight to la not ty proving roving satisfactory according to ft a recent report from I 1 tile tha united states department bf b agriculture which has been investigating tho the danish marketing ineth methods this I 1 la 4 nn an interesting fact for american poul try pr producers dubers to consider as ai there havo have been bec n many arguments presented present A I 1 in tills this country favoring tills this method of marketing tho the polk polky y of tile tho denmark coop co op crat iveli tills been to buy the eggs from their members on tile tho basis of weight they tills policy so that the small email eggs would lie bo kept it at hogue tile tho plan elan hua has greatly increased tile size of tho eggs produced until it Is 13 not uncommon now for their aga eggs to t 0 weigh 30 ounces to the dozen tho the live age weight of american eggs la is from 23 to 25 ounces a dozen tills increased weight lias hits undoubtedly been ono one of oc tile reasons reason for tho the popularity of tile danish egg cogg s on oil tile I 1 mark however the fact that till all eggs in fit denmark are marketed before they tire are seven days daya old insures high quality tint and Is on an added reason for their popularity in marketing eg agga egga in N gland dan ish operatives cooperatives co find that they cannot get a premium prein funi for tho the largo eggs its as coni compared lared with eggs more nearly normal tri size to pay for the in ili food value tills ls Is especially truo true when eggs are high in price aa a general rulo rule largo agga egga havo have brought brou glit only 6 5 per cent moro more in price while they contained 12 per cent more food value eggs that have brought the best returns to the p producer ro are those averaging front from 24 to 20 ounces a dozen these facts adl cato cate that american producers should pay antte attention atlon to tile the size of their eggs hut but not to tile extent ot 0 marketing them by weight |