The Farm.

Southern Cross, Volume 2, Issue 3, 21 April 1894, Page 11

The Farm.

EGGS' BY THE POUND. An agitation is being got up in America, favouring the selling of e BS s ity the pound. Some eggs will weigh, it is asserted, as much as six to the pound, and others 12 to the pound. Eight eggs to one pound is considered the standard. The Minorca and Black Spanish lay the largest eggs. When we take the weight of the eggs into consideration we find that the ■work done by some hens is enormous. A hen. laying six eggs that weigh a pound does twice the service performed by one producing eggs that require 12 to weigh a pound, provided they equal each other in the number -of eggs laid. It is the exception that ;six eggs will weigh one pound, yet it lias happened frequently. If eggs were sold by weight, the poultryman would be henefitted, as he would prefer to keep hens lyaing large eggs, thus .■securing the greatest returns before rthe hens begin to moult. It costs more to produce , a large egg than a small one, and the farmer should have this advantage in his favour instead •of permitting the customer to receive more than a fair proportion.