THE BAD EGG

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24526, 7 February 1941, Page 9

THE BAD EGG

TO THE EDITOH Sir Several weeks ago I complained to m'y grocer about the poor quality of the eggs bought from him this season. He mentioned that he had received numerous complaints, the main objection being broken yolks (a sure sign of a stale egg). He also had received complaints about eggs being actually bad. I requested him to pass my complaint to the local Government egg representative, and the reply he received was that the

Government was not interested in anything but the weight of the egg, as ' eggs were all graded on weight alone. » , . If the quality of the eggs sold this year is the best this Government can produce under its marketing scheme, and the price is the lowest at which it can sell to the long-sufferingepublic, then it is nearly time it got off its Government control perch and left it to the poultry farmers to market their own eggs as before. This Government control of everything we eat, drink and do does not seem to be working very satisfactorily or economically. I notice that the Government is advertising extensively the advantages of buying heavy-weight eggs. Personally. I prefer a fresh lightweight pullet's egg to a moa's egg, despite the advantage the moa's egg may have in weight and age. The next thing we will be told is that the fowls are now under Government control on a 40-hour week, with no overtime unless special amplication is made to the Fowl 'Union secretary.—l am, etc, Cluckie.