VANCOUVER EGG MARKET.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10770, 16 May 1913, Page 2

VANCOUVER EGG MARKET.

The director of the live 6tock and meat division has received the following communication from the general manager of the Union Steamship Company (says the April number of t]ie "Journal of Agriculture")- It wIU be seen that tho oompany has made special provision for the carriage of eggs under the most favourable conditions during next season:— . . " We understand that there is every likelihood of shipments of eggs being offered for Vancouver next season, and that we shall be asked to provide space in cold storage. The difficulty hitherto has been that shipments have been offered in such small quantities that we had no chambers small enough to set aside for tho purpose, and on account of the different temperature required the eggjs* could not be stowed in the same chamber with butter or meat. The cold .storage .capacities of the Vancouver steamers will, however, be very much larger than was the .case during the season just passed, and we are now endeavouring to make such arrangements as will afford convenience for shipments of eggs on at some of the trips, if not every trip. We cannot say definitely what can be done until we gather some idea of the butter and •meat space likely to be required in the doming season, but we are not likely to be able to gauge this with any reliability until tho first week in September, but perhaps that will be soon enough to decide what can be done with regard to eggs."