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Show EGGS IX ST. LOUIS) Growth of tha Trade Has B;en Al-' Al-' most Phenomenal. J ! More Than 2ii,(IIO.(HM) Doirm Re. eeived In tbe City in the Course of a Year Facts About the Uuiiuejj. The recent ineffectual attempt of the dealers of St. Louis to establish an ' independent egg exchange has served to cai; attention to the magnitude of the egg trade of the eitv, savs the Republic. Re-public. " The receipts of eggs at Sr. Louis, ac- ' . -u.-u.iig- to n'ures turni.-htd by- tn var;ci:s raiJ;-oads and express ccn I Pames. run as hijrfi as ra-.i cases. : I tczets to the case, per annua, which -ca!d JEafce a total of 2.i.fiC!i20 dozen 1 year rec2ivr by river end rail. It - that l-.i per ctnt. are re- U-i" b"V ,Vi,?0" t'rc:T1 ':ear-o.v points. j , " S'"' luiai ct J.miATJ . -zen, or 3i j,sa7.iM Cfrsrs received cich j frsr. an avera-e of 29.C66.473 eac-W ' :ni'; or UT3-'- each day, including I l-jst minting the average price of eggs or the year at a fraction more than i0 ffn'lS a !zfD. which is a erv low tmiate. this would make the Value . of the egg receipts of Sr. Louis more than .i.Wj.OOffannually. or nearly $n -cJO a day. . - The shipments of eggs fromSt. Louff, are about .34U.S:J2 cases. I.41)4.9edcn, ,JL J";)- eggs annually, making he consumption in St. Louis 15S,;6s ! egg, annuaLy, or 433.C36 a da v. As O.OM). ,h;s would give nearly one egg ! !. lor every man, woman and 3hil1 .' a 5t. Louis. : At. thl. I' . -"uu i.i me year the re eripts average nearly io.w;0 ca,es nr f" -'".v. Xter the re , Pts run even heavier, but at 'iVthe w!n,er mci:t''3 t!u"' are Tt-,-j' : Although there are occasional re-' ; 'Pt3 of fresh eggs i the winter, the. -st heavy receipts begin to arrir-iesr.y arrir-iesr.y :n January. cad use principally ,..01 Oklahoma and Iruh-n t-r-.- riptA a?.d Arkansaand 1 c" "he r.-.ore .-jr.uthcr:: ita'cs"' ' l! itcy ar; n;iy chippcO to"sV'i.on!. I i commission ir.areK.,i rh.V . j n ':rlZ- ; ' Sul nt;!"'nd only r' u a lignt. o that 1... . i dirTc"-'.02'- L't c?-"ef!:!Iy sorts the I 'rU's of c-fs- as firsts, sec- . I end. er gots, according to the f ' ct freshness. Urth-T''r" U able o tell ' c7 , ? the Ot!I in the end " : ; niWt to a "ay the tine i eeti "be;;;?"', 8 ""portion, the air ! cider "?'-'r aS the ZS grows : -n egg Candler's let is not a nleaant : ' .,bc-nC5,t rmer" is r.ot. ai- i i t0.fcI'w by the comic pa- rr.a, et are so ancient that w hen he'd otae ,ght they cxp.ode with a i-e a hr; -crac-ker and co!- B- . does not resemble new m.wn hay As a rule, the freshest egg, or irstH I -OU tothe leading hSu!! fona and grocers, cr shipped, to v, ; ' iork. while the remainder j IT:" i' trade. e C -eaB ?r,x-ery jon ocean v.:;-; 'cr other plao.-;.- v. be j i""''." ":; '?s or ir.oonver.i,r.: J0 procJrer'" OT i Eyapa:o.-dp.,t cv,rVie; ff :'!0l!it" is extr.u-t.-d f -o .' - I " Ieav'f? the remah-de- ;t -Th'-C crystals which rr.cch rt , ; 1 1 i arabic in app,-.-a-."v.-.." . . 7::n ! e will keep foranin '"'-ir--' "at, !?f tine in any clinuir.- r'rd aC nr-"' ;ire! by extremes of .'t , jcoUL They are put up Yn with t.ie whites and vo'Si .-,.! " 1 u.e the crystals are soaked in w-t-r for a short time, when they Va- v ! ee-process ee-process of crystaUization. Y f ' jC V. |