Show EGG MARKETING AGENCIES GROW GROIN FARMERS OPERATE CO-OPERATE IN ORDER TO DISTRIBUTE PRODUCTS TO BEST PRICES Figures Are At Hand For Both 1924 And 1925 For Enterprises Marketing Mark eting Large Fraction of Eggs Pr Produced Salt Lake City Thirty Thirty per cent more eggs were marketed co cooperatively oper co oper operatively In 1925 than in 1924 according to recent estimates by the department of agriculture The Increase was due to two reasons first many of the old engaged In the cooperative Live tive marketing of eggs received larger larg largo er or quantities from their members in 1925 than in 1924 and second a anum number number num num- ber of recently formed organizations reached their full stride as marketing agencies ael during the latter year Figures are at hand for both 1924 end and 1925 for enterprises handling a large fraction of ot the eggs marketed cooperatively and these show on the whole an Increased volume of ot business although in some sections of the country the associations suffered a decrease In of business Gains are particularly noticeable in the reports reports reports re re- ports received from Missouri where a large p portion of ot the output of ot the farm Carm flocks is marketed through the county exchanges and the centrally established nad packing plants which have been developed es to servo the farmers in marketing marketing mar surplus eggs and poultry The Minnesota Egg and Poultry exchange exchange ex change Is largely responsible for an Increase In the quantity of ot Minnesota eggs marketed cooperatively This as association was formed in 1924 and began began began be be- gan operating during lg the latter part of that year It is a federation of ot seventeen local units with members In 1925 it handled a a. larger number of cases of ot Minnesota eggs than had ever before gone through I cooperative channels Fifty eight creameries elevators and stores have reported the marketing of eggs in 1925 as service to their mem memo bers Undoubtedly several times s this number have assisted their patrons in assembling and shipping small lots of ot eg eggs s. s Producer-owned Producer and cooperatively operated sales agencies in the consuming con consuming suming markets of N New w York Detroit Chicago St. St Louis Los Angeles and San Francisco have marketed large largo quantities of eggs for cooperative associations associations as aJ located in the producing regions |