| Show poultry producers plan to market day old eggs constantly in search of new methods of bettering the quality of products and increasing handling efficiency the utah poultry producers cooperative association is now pioneering another field in the realm of marketing the latest innovation is the establishment of a plan of marketing day old eggs a plan which will assure consumers even better quality and higher prices to producers in substance the plan is to ship eggs to market within 24 hours after they are laid to comply with the requirements producers must deliver eggs from their coops to the plant at least once per day sundays and holidays included for its part of the bargain the association immediately candles packs and sends the eggs on their journey to new york only six to seven days are needed for the trip eggs marketed under the day old plan conceived by officials of the association return prices to the producers considerably higher than those marketed under the former arrangement at the present time for instance producers are paid a 30 cent premium per case for day old eggs and receive an even higher differential by getting higher grading since the eggs are candled the same day as laid and before they have had time to deteriorate As far as is known the utah poultry association is the only cooperative in the united states to install such a system of marketing the day old egg plan was placid id in actual operation from american fork and draper districts recently following presentation of the he idea to the producers at a series of meetings attended by C 3 C edmonds association general manager and benjamin brown director of markets at new ew york city at the present writing one car oad load of day old eggs is shipped from rom the american fork and draper plants of the association ivery every day under joint arrange nent ment each furnishing half mr edmonds is confident that within the next two weeks the association is will be able to develop additional markets for day old ld eggs and thus be in a position to inaugurate the system in ther districts throughout the state |
