TGG LAAICET COLDTTTGKS '
I'.o.'e i3 no use painting a rosy pic'
about the egg market situation,
-At’ 1 complaints about our eggs have
•"n reduced to prectically zero
past few months,' our'
are, in the long run, con
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cord :ng to- the NOG "IPLEST ’V IL ; p.?0
L'Gg b, egg prices in the States
have he 1 a ride on the toboggan.
According to chi. paper, wholesale
buying prices on. the*Seattle Produce
Axchango A or' ’'Standards1', comparable
to our large, ranged around 21^ per
dozen* The soiling price (whole
saler to retailer) on Grade A Large
was .ci<i nor dozen. These price’s
word i.r. d ■ • at the end of' Novem*
her, Gn December 5, a sharp ,-lrcp
was recorded in all egg prices, as
great as 22^ per dozen in the re- A
tail price of Grade A Specials,
rho market appeared steady on Dec. ;
7 with the following prices in cf- s*
foot: buying price for standards #
vac 1dp per dozen. The wholesale
selling price for'Grad' A. Largo g*
was 21^ per dozen. . b
Since it is with those eggs that wo *
3W 1s t] t to **
take stock of the situation ani see ^
v:hot it means to us as producers*
It costs 7p per dozen to lay Seattle
oggs dov:n in Anchorage, Drade A
Large eggs cah be delivered in the
stores at 2Cj/, U o believe that
our- eggs are v;orth a nickel more as
a premium for freshness. T>is would
This gives our largo eggs a value 1
of about 33^ per dozen to Anchorage
storesand moans that unless the
situation In the States changes for
the better, local buying prices may
be forced below 30^ with an abso
lute bottom of 26pf per dozen.
Before wo get excited and start
killing off our flocks, let’s think
the thing over. In the first place,
the American Poultry Journal throe
months ago predicted that, due to
the war, anything night happen to
egg prices. Second, only a"small
drop in December prices is usual.
Third, outside producers can be ex- '
pectod to start killing. And fourth,
prices are bound to return to normal
levels, or; considering'thet this
is Y/artlmo, oven higher. In addl
tion, the Produce TIev;s states
that next years h-rtch will be off
by one-third.
I'or convenience in Pip-urine out
whether you can break oven on
your flock iff iocal prices arc
" r, a chart published
: f L.h.Carc'. in rdULTiY SCIEJTCE
iG dotormino the necossrry soiling
prico to brook even on your flock,
plrcc c. ruler from the cost of
feed per hundred’ lbs.( estimate
03,50) on tho left side, ncross to
your percent ego of egg production.
(cgg3 drily from ICO hens). Tho
figure on the right side of the
dirgonr.l lino is your food cost
per dz. eggs. Tho figure on the
loft side of this lino is the ncc
ossr.ry soiling price to bror.k oven.
Ir. moot vr ya this chert c.pplics
hero r.s v:cll rs onywhcrc.
Cull ■'rour flock biit do not go
out of tho poultry business.
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