EXPORT OF EGGS

Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21903, 2 October 1936, Page 12

EXPORT OF EGGS

BIG ORDER FOR ENGtA^ft.|H The importance of the egg industrial™ to Canterbury is borne out by a virion to the premises of J 'ie Canterbury Caifgn operative Poultry Producers,, I4fcff§j where eggs for-export are tested M9ft|l graded. The place is at present a M**3s| of industry, filling an order from v |j| England for 162,000 dozen eggs, .wortfef!§* in round figures, £13,000. £ £l| The shipment is being made wltijtsaj the object of relieving the local mWrplf ket of its surplus eggs, arid it iSTOsSS sents an accumulation from the of August to October 20. If these werjjjjai left on hand in the Dominion, poultry farmers would be serioigjqipgj embarrassed. Some of the eggs havfliill already been forwarded, and fKfifffl others are in the process of Ix&WH packed. All have been sold in agjffß vance of their dispatch from .tfrjgiß Dominion. ir*MM Another order of appreciable siajal will be filled in November, but Qm§m eggs comprising this shipment wffllS| probably be sent Home on consigSSfSM ment The association reports thrasH more persons are going in for keeping, and, in line with other. ft<9jg|M| Zealand produce, the prospects far eggfl™ are considered to be good. -ffjffl Yesterday 30 girls and a number tf|BJ men were busily engaged fo grading, stamping, and packing eggtegjM under the supervision of Mr f*j®m Cocker, of the Poultry Division of- t&tjffl Department of Agriculture, who- cs|9j plained to a representative of *T&fa|l Press" the methods adopted- to eraujjjjai that only eggs of first-class left the premises for export Ercifjlß egg is individually-tested, and, as tlijiMl order comprises neatly eggsiffl the magnitude of the task may' «hH readily appreciated. ''^SH The eggs are graded, according' weight, in 161b, 151b, and 141b a pack representing ■ a 'long vffijPflffl which is 10 dozen. After heirrg gittßiwSH th .eggs are tested for blood s&9Mism cracks, tremulous whites,, ahd" «ap«H other indication of inferior '■ tiilßlfliMH Stained, bad-shaped, or eggs are not accepted for shipoi«ait^PH BARGAIN TEA ofiTS. ?" ''-11 l Draytons are selling Best.' Engffflrcffl China Tea Sets Willow Pattern, wttMl able for six persons, only 19/1? m&fflk Lowest prices in.. Christehurch. '\ TJlaB Draytons, cf. Manchester and JJcgslH field streets, also 765 Colombo .strem'a|j|