Show j I The County Agents Report Duchesne County Farm News by Lloyd Smith and Norris EGG VENDORS Would It pay to market eggs through vending machines In This question is being considered by some egg producers who have an eye on the vending marchine process for marketing eggs that is being used in some of the The following information concerning egg vending machines is supplied by Leslie Extension for Utah chines cost from to At this price it is a profitable investment if the machine can sell 2 or more cases of eggs per Egg arc refrigerated and can be regulated to proper They have coin all-weather steel and can be heated when Some advantages of egg vending machines It is a convenient way to sell top grade eggs 24 hours daily seven days a The producer can sell eggs without delaying or stopping production Machines are easily operated by men and This method of marketing cuts out middlemen costs and provides somewhat higher prices to the The machines offer convenience and advantage of a little lower prices than other retail outlets to the Some of the disadvantages of egg vending machines You must always provide supply of eggs You must always provide superior eggs plus satisfactory customer You must price your eggs according to local competition instead of using quotations from distant Initial cost is Small lots of over or undersized eggs may be difficult to Location is extremely important It should be located by highway with ample parking convenient and not be far from a sizeable may be an advantage If your farm is so It Is necessary to attract customers to the machines that must be attractive enough to invite S. To protect the machine and provide promotional it is important to house the vending machine in an appropriate to a study by Cornell University marketing specialists of the automatic egg vendors in five Northeastern Darrington points out the point between profit and loss on a farm-located vending machine is 99 dozens of eggs per and for non-farm vendors it is dozens per This is due to the greater cost of maintaining a machine away from the a vending operation is more likely to be successful if It Is started in spring or early summer since this allows time for customers to build a habit of using the machine in favorable LICE AND There is no need for cattlemen to suffer great annoyance and loss this winter from cattle lice and cattle reminds Lloyd Utah University Extension Agent for Duchesne Current information on spraying and dusting for lice Is now available in the new Extension leaflet Lice Let's Control This leaflet is now available at the county agent's office without Since cattle of all kinds throughout Utah tend to suffer severely from lice during winter months when the weather is cold and the hair Is this control Information Is also Important to dairymen interested in maintaining production this The time to control grubs is right The two new cattle grub systemic insecticides Co Ral Spray and should be used in the fall as soon as the adult heel flies and bomb flies die This allows killing the cattle grubs inside the animal before extensive body damage can Either chemical treatment permits very few grubs to survive and reach the backs of George F. Utah State University Extension points out in addition to controlling the above-mentioned new insecticides reduce trouble that is caused by other livestock Co-Ral spray gives excellent control of ticks and of some other boluses show somewhat similar parasite reduction plus control of new species of internal worms that also infest |