Show QUALITY Y BASIS FOR EGGS PLUGS LEAK LEAKIN IN PROFITS RECEIVED BY 1 4 e c f 7 S j 3 Gam I V wr w y J ii I 1 An Egg in Hand Hands Is s Worth Three in the Ma Making ln Prepared by bythe the United States Department Depart Depart- ment meat of ot Agriculture In marketing poultry and eggs there Is an enormous preventable loss la in quality and value between the producer er and the consumer This waste has been conservatively ly estimated to aggregate aggregate aggregate ag ag- ag- ag a year The producers' producers loss caused by decreased decreased decreased de de- creased prices Is largely due to spoilage spoilage spoil spoil- age of eggs and Inferior Interior quality The consumers consumers' loss comes from from the added overhead expenses of the poultry Industry Industry industry In In- from the handling of Inferior Interior products or from the expenses attendIng attending attending attend attend- ing spoilage and deterioration These factors are Important In making livIng living living liv liv- ing expenses higher and In forcing the theall quarter for quarter 1 lunch all you can you quarter for eat farther away than ever from the pub pub- lic lie The logical method of ot controlling l leaks aks and losses in the marketing egg-marketing end of the poultry business according to specialists Is to Induce producers to market only large clean fresh eggs eggson on the quality basis By paying a n. n premium for the Production of sn p perlor r products products th the Intermediate late handIer handier handler han han- dIer increases the profits and minimIzes minimizes minimizes minim minim- izes the losses all aU along the line Une from the farmer to the consumer It costs the farmer farmr more to produce large clean dean fresh eggs than It does to market small dirty rotten Inferior products and unless ss the price Is suffiCient sufficient dent to Induce him to extra exertion he will not bother to better the quality Sell Eggs on Grade Basis Some produce dealers dealers' claim that itis It ItIs Is Impossible for them to buy eggs on ona ona a a graded quality basis because their competitors pay a flat rate Nevertheless less many firms throughout the country country country coun coun- try are b buying on the quality basis and realizing a profit thereby Such operations operations opera opera- necessitated that the dealers know how to handle and grade the eggs so as to buy Judiciously sl and they must make an effort to show the peo pea people people pie from whom they buy what the different different dif dlf- ferent terent standards and grades are Whenever and wherever this quality method of buying has been bee pursued Invariably the quality and quantity of ot eggs produced have rapidly Improved and Increased Similarly In the case of ot poultry different kinds and weights bring different prices As s a arule arule arule rule mature fowls weighing over o four pounds are worth more a pound dressed than birds under this weight Therefore some dealers pay a premium price for the larger fowl It ft ItIs itIs Is only fair to the producer that If the i produce dealer sells produce produce on a agrade agrade agrade grade basis he be should also buy on a agrade agrade agrade grade basis One ne of ot the best est opportunities whereby whereby whereby where where- by the produce dealer may Increase the quality of poultry and end eggs In his vicinity Is by by offering prizes and arranging arranging arranging ar ar- ranging for tor demonstrations at poultry shows One firm In Iowa desirous of large fowls for tor sale in Eastern markets markets markets mar mar- offered at local shows prizes of ot 5 each for tor the best pullet pens consisting consisting con con- of one cockerel and four pallets pullets pullets pul pal lets of the most popular variety of ot Plymouth Rocks Rhode Island Reds and In five years the production on of pure bred birds of these breeds increased enormously enormously enormously enor enor- and the farmers were able to pack a much better tetter grade of poultry than their competitors and they received received re re- higher prices Other firms b by offering prizes on eggs have Increased the quantity of pure-bred pure poultry kept kep and the number of eggs prod produced ced Give Producers Pure-Bred Pure Sires Some dealers have distributed purebred purebred purebred pure pure- bred males among the farmers who sell products to them In order to grade grude up the farm tarm flocks This method improved im- im pr proved the flock from the scrub variety variety va va- to the grade status An entire Bu substitution of pure blood for tor scrubs cau can be accomplished by hatching eg eggs s from pure-bred pure stock Pure Pure Pure-breJ brei breeding pens consisting of ot females and andone one male cost more than the average average average av av- av- av dealer can afford for general distribution dis dis- However It will pay him to furnish a few farmers in each locality locality local local- It ity with such flocks on the condition that the stocks shall be kept pure and the eggs laid during the breeding season sea sea- son Ion shall be he available for wide dIstribution distribution dIstri- dIstri button at approximately market prices If the dealer furnishes the farmer with one or more settings from a pure bred flock with the un understanding that the chickens are to be raised In IncreasIng IncreasIng increasing Ing numbers from this pure-bred pure stock at the end of three years the flock should consist entirely of pu pure bred bred e-bred I Cowls fowls Such an Improvement n n the d quality of his flock fiock enables the farmer to obtain higher prices for his poultry because of Its larger size or Increased egg production The dealer profits by bythe the greater amount and better q quality allty of ot poultry and eggs he handles Associations ns Help Marketing The Poultry Shippers' Shippers association Is 18 Isa a fertile source of ot better egg and poul peal poultry poultry try marketing Such organizations cre ere create J ate confidence among the shippers jive give each man a broader view of hi hl his own business and tend to increase his hla j 9 profits by aiding In the prevention of ot his ils losses Through such organizations experts may be employed to aid the farmer In solving his poultry poultry- raising problems and give greater publicity publicity pub pub- to the the poultry end of the Indus Indus- try This tends to create a realization tion on the part of the farmer th the that t poultry Is more than a mere side line HUP lineon on the tM farm and to Increase hl his output output out out- i put thereby aiding the consumer to secure a larger quantity and better quality ty of nutritious food on the basis 3 of the prices he pays |