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Show CITY MARKETS WANT MORE "FANCY" EGGS There's an unlimited market and big premium for "fancy" eggs and no likelihood of the market becom-cessful becom-cessful market man. In The Farm j Journal he tells how he Rets "fancy" i '-ggs and insures the quality which! ing glutted, is the opinion of a sue-1 the high-priced trade demands. I The first important move is to get i -he eggs from the nest as soon as J possible. The farmers who supply j .he best eggs gather their eggs three times a day and especially not later j than nine o'clock in the morning in j the summer time. They take any ! eggs that may be under the laying! hens, for several hens will lay in the I same nest and the eggs may remain ' under these hens for several hours. They may have been kept most of that time at the best temperature for bacterial growth and hree hours of such treatment will cause an egg I to be such that it can not be sold as a fancy quality egg. Another cause for deterioration is fertility. Thousands of dollars' worth of fertile eggs are unfit for food because the embryo has started to grow, possibly only very slightly, and then due to lowered temperature dies. It is important to get rid of the roosters when the hatching season seas-on is over. The farmers we buy from are required re-quired to place their eggs in the cellar cel-lar as soon as gathered. These cellars cel-lars should be CO degrees F. or less. A cellar that is not damp can be well sprinkled with water, but this dampness must be continued as it will evaporate rapidly, especially if the '-ellar has a wood floor. A dirt floor is better. The egg container must not get wet and there must bo no bad ordors. We pay the local price plus the premium of difference of the higher markets, reaching a premium during the summer of ten cents a dozen, and sometimes as high as twelve cents a dozen. "You say, 'Will I get more money whatever your specialty is. If we find farmers that persistently persistent-ly neglect the care of their eggs, we do not buy from them, as it costs considerable to collect eggs by truck, and such eggs, if I wanted them, can be purchased without the expense of going after them. I do not handle any eggs from country stores, or hucksters who take anything with a sh'ell on. |