Fresh Eggs Wanted.

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVI, Issue 43067, 12 March 1907, Page 2

Fresh Eggs Wanted.

Special customers in the cities and* towns are looking for the - farmer who will supply them with fresh eggs and well dressed poultry. What they ijj want is quality. For this they pay reasonably well. If assured Or , Ttregular. delivery they yfill be pefmanent patrons. There are plenty of ways to work -h .* ; up such a trade. Of course, good utility stock well eared for is of the first importance because it can be depended upon to day. Cleanliness ;; ' of egg, package, salesman, and vehicle coine next; dirtiness; pf any one of these is fatal to success."''

Then comes method of delicacy, not always simple' for the -farmer, but necessary. For the boy or girl may be' detailed for this work. By ;; giving him or her a fair share of the profits interest in the 'business will grow and the business surely extend. A friendly milkman with a-house to house delivery if paid a commission, - t will make an admirable salesman because he can make daily deliveries. • - As business extends and the size * •••' of the flocks increase a neat little circular sent to the people most likely to be interested is very effective. Its attractive wording, tasteful printing and paper should give a gocd mental impression of the poultryman, his methods r and his pipduct-and should appeal as well by sight as by argument to the taste'and appetite of the prospective customer. vTj^. As an instance of such a an American contemporary supplies the following : ***' * If you are interested in having . • fresh eggs—never over 24 hours old —eggs that have a rich flavour we can supply them. Perfect sanitary conditions in poultry houses, intelli- ' gent feeding with best of grains, clover hay and green foods, give us these fine eggs. It costs more to pro- V duce our kind. . Test the difference ; between so-called fresh eggs and those of Locust farms. Ours ar t eggs with a past. The white'e? . V the Leghorn or the browns***,-* the Plymouth Rock.- — •* Weekly.” . rmers v -