NEW ZEALAND EGGS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1635, 30 December 1912, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND EGGS.

1 VIEWS ON-THE EXPOET TRADE.

Referring to the particulars published by the Department of Agriculture in.re-i' ferehco to the trial, shipment of eggs, from\N:ew Zealand to.: London, a corre-' spondent,,-'Anglo-Colonial," says;— . / "So long as farmers and egg-growers tako. ■ only 'an academic: interest in the subject.no harm can be,done, but if they go further.than this, loss will result in proportion to - tho • extent of their operations. The egg trade is the most treacherous of- any branch of the provision trade, and because now and then a substantial profit may be made under, extra-, ordinary .circumstances, it has a tendency to lead- men of an'optimistic temperament into seas of distress. My experience ,of the egg trade, has been very extensive. : I V have-handled scoresof thousands of eases from Ireland, Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Austrian Tyrol Egg Proprietary, France, and other countries, and I will,venture to■ say.that if a profit and loss: account., could be out, ex-; tending over'five yearsVa large loss could, be shown. If a merchant in London told me that he had made a profit out. of eggs, based on calculations of several years' trading, T. would doubt his' veracity. My last experience'of the egg trade was' some years ago, when 50 eases (14-10 *ggs in a case) of Danish eggs, on which -I had advanced on account, of my, principals, ifil.per case without recourse, realised, 2s. 6d.. per case from a Jew confectioner. .My. connection with 1 the trade then ceased for ever. -. .-."..'

Cooled Milk gets far better, tests and bigger prices than milk that has been allowed to cool itself. Dairymen, and Factory Managers recommiend- Parton's' Copper Coolers, which'are 24 inches'-wide and have 4 feet cooling surface.' Instal': one "of these splendid, coolers—the price is,very moderate. Albert J. Parton,' Carterton.—Advt. '-.-'.-..'•'■"•' ':'.':.

A WINNER OF COMPETITIONS."'-' The Egg-laying competitions for 1910-11 and 1911-12 were both won by pens feared on "A.' and P." Chick Raiser. ■ The first essential 'for profitable poultry keeping. Obtainable from all Storekeepers.—Advt.