Show LOW PRICE OF E EGGS GS t IS ACCOUNTED FOR FOB Agricultural College Gives Cives Method of s Preventing Loss to Farmers t t. The following communication has 4 been received from the Utah Agricultural Agricultural Agricultural tural college Many who stop to think about market market market mar- mar ket conditions no doubt wonder why it is that the farmers rec receive ive so little j s for their eggs at this time of the year i iThe The first answer that flashes up J because be- be cause the supply exceeds the demand This is not true only in part July and August are not the months of high production The highest monthly month month- ly records are made in bi March April and nd May There is usually only about half as many eggs produced during the hot months as in the more favorable spring months Wh Why is is' the price of eggs still so low No itIs it ic icis itis is not because the cold storage eggs are keeping the price down The cause rests almost entirely on the 1 farmer or producer The quality of eggs sent to market in hot weather is very much in doubt The Department Depart Depart- meat ment of estimates that Agriculture r the farmers of the United States are losing yearly due to the poor methods of handling their eggs third One-third of this loss is due directly to the development or growth of the chick in the egg This part of pf this loss and more can be easily prevented prevent prevent- ed As soon as the hatching season is over which is usually about the latter part of May all male birds should be sold killed or confined in separate runs away from the hens If this is done development development of the l embryo can cant can tak t k place because the eggs are infertile e. e Infertile eggs egga will keep much longer and retain a a. fresh e appearance better than those that are fertile In a fertile egg growth or development begins as soon as the temperature of the egg reaches 75 degrees degrees de- de M 1 grees F. F and increases in rapidity as the temperature approaches the optimum mum degrees and at this point blood appears within the egg and the W 4 i is fairly well formed at from t 36 to 48 hours Thus fertile eggs held in a room where the temperature is J degrees for 36 hours are practically unfit for food In many instances third one-third to one- one half of each case of eggs sent to market market market mar- mar ket during July and August are unfit for food when they reach their desti desti- nation Buyers have learned this from experience and in purchasing eggs always make an allowance in inthe the price quoted to cover this loss losa Thus the farmers and the consumers are the losers bers the former is out the cash he should receive if his eggs were what they should be and the latter is deprived pt pf a sufficient supply of or good fresh freh eggs C |