EXPORT TRADE IN EGGS.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1060, 24 February 1911, Page 8

EXPORT TRADE IN EGGS.

SCOTCH VIEWS. 1 'At tho conference'of > New Zealand Poultokfcperfc' '-held-in'..Wellington: aiwhilc" ago, l - th'o' ; subjfcct :Af organising in export v trad(i ; discussed.., At.present ' therf'is'in Wellington' Mr.' John Gariiner,"of'Messrs. Gardiner Bros;, egg iinf- : i pirttts,'.Edinburgh ' and , Glasgow.- Mr. s. a Gardiner gaTO-TnEDoumos a number of y.j, p&rticulars .concerning tho-.'importing of; > efcgs by -England- and Scotland.. . . Eviiry week between COOO and 7000 cases, . conUuiling 120 dozen eggs each-aro< im--ported',by Scotland^{.th'rouglii tiitli. -In addiiiob, supplies, ore obtained'from Ireland.! '.This quantity is as a drop in the with England's imports.' : Vr Most;of England's and Scotland's 'import-' ;?-. «d. epgs are got | from Denma'rk' and-Ru's- . eia a , ; *'V: ■ "Mr.vGardiner'considers"-that an ; export i Wado'Wom'JCeto Zealand to England could' ' b& builtup." . Tho leUsth of timd tho eggs r would be-in transit before reaching the , 1 market would to tho ohiof-difficulty,, and ' . ho thinks that could.be overcome., 1 , - can lie', kept well_in cool store. 1 ;';, Mr. GardinerVfitm'holds them: by ithis'means for - six tnontte. Vile is doubtful if New. Zealand ;.v. . njodueisTieriougli, surplus ..eg&V fbr' the .shipments" to .bo largo enough: to tempt j i t the "shipping companies to-arrange-for the j-. necessary:;,accommodation. . This,, . how•i- lever, ;is a matter upon which: more'ddfinite information could bo obtained'from / v .Isew; Zealand authorities. ' ;. . Thq'tcmperoturo atwhichMr. 1 Gardiner »ays <sggs must be carried- on ship is 33 degrees. It is essential to liavo tho temk ■ jiWatjijro one degree above freezing point, , becaifse-if eggs freeze they are done for. The cool chambers liavo. to be watched, .-and,'if necessary, adjusted Several .times a day.; ''The.effect:of freezing-is that the ■vv shells crack, a'nd'when.the,thawing takes -.placoHJie-inside runs out.- 'sEggs in that state bring about a-tenth what they would have realised. ' : Jlr. ; Gardiner says that there is a great deal to bo learned'onj this sidd of i the i world,* about preparing 'for elport.' ■ Eggs tnust not get wet. They arc useless f for keeping under- any conditions; in a > week,'they are'bad flavoured. Eggs often get wet when in the conveyances of those > -who'feather: them from the farmers, I> . through.the vehicles not being sufficiently , [ oovere'd. Bfrsidas toot well, after }• ■ havws been,wet, cggs,douo£(lo6k well in i. . tho shell, aijd for that reason'are of a J ■ leesericd value, as shopkeepers could not [ i. ■■: makoi n window display, of discoloured [ . eggs. i. Eggs ipust b*, packed inthorough- . i 1/ in :Hransit,'.'and I gre?n timber taust not be used in tlio ■ cases. 1 , t. \ •. ■ . : [..- -.- .Tho best time,to get eggs on .to the Eng- | - lish market is frolii the middle of Sopj:-, . tetabor to the middle of February, , be- . p. (iause|that is the timo when supplies are : y small; . Eggs aro about 50 per cent, dearer j f than in the other t'eason. The plentiful ■ season begins just beforo March,' and \ \ i . there ['is sometimes; sU(sh a glut on the p* roartet that very, shinll prices are ob- / tamed. To send eggs ,in the flush of the . j: ■ eeaSdu' would not pay; ' p -As to'pa'ckin'g; Mr. Gardiner favours the j i American style—in paper frames, and ■ i cases. - i I QbertioiVrf as io pVioes, lie said that he , thoiight Isew 'Zealand , eggs would realise i from) lOd. to; lid. a dozen (to be wtailed • .. . .at-ls.)„if.teat homo at'tjib right time of j tho v'aar. The eggs would have lost soma j of their.'flavour by the long time in- , transit. -. English;ezgs at ,that time would j bo •bringing-4s:, 3d. to 25., and brown : French up to,, and even over, 2s, When \ the market ,is glutted, imported eggs sell \ at from (id. to Bd. (seldom as: low as Gd.j, and English eggs are a couple of pence • liiglier. There, is a great deal- in tho : sizo.nnd the richness of the-eggs. The . richer the worse for shipping, as they , Wt : keep Tfpll, Tho .-Russian eggs aro . tho test which go on to the British markets for keeping purposes. The Danish . eggs.arc largo and rich, with thin shells, j !. ; The Russian eggs liavo vory: tough,-thick fehells, and they keep splendidly. That < is because the-Russian producers'. fowls nro fwi naturally' conij/ed). and-.i : aro ; alloweaiplenty oKfrecdoln.'t ?fl 5