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i f PAGE sec THE ASHEVTLLE T1JMES. SUNDAY, NOV. 23, 1917 f J. . : r. i r UmtJingt fwry kind in tvtrj .Urn mf nJ H'J'I.F.tf-iiry shtnrhu ftTTK fDETM AaHLVILLE, . fiiiiiiiiiiiiB mm f ; TIMES ADS BUILD BUSINESS MARKE TING STRICT I. Y FANCY EGGS TO A PAR TIC U EAR TR ADE Freshness, Cleanliness, Careful Grading and A ttractiv e P ack i n g are Necessary Avoid the Ohe Small Egg e Blood Clot or Oil larity t All C-i I y J. Raymond Kessler Practical Poultrymau The paramount issue in developing a Worthwhile market for -eggs is to delin-r the product clean and freak, not most of the time but all the time. . One or two bod esiqs now and then has wrecked many a promising trade, not only causing the loss of present customers, but also destroying the fnhire trade possibilities of the pro ducer. Home poultry raisers claim thai a bad egg now and then cannot be helped, but in truth the. only excuse for bad eggs rs negligence, on the part of the- -producer. THE first step in developing -a pood market must be taken in the hen house itself. This' should mean a general clean up of the quarters, par ticularly the. nests, anil in supplying I he latter with tin abundance of clean straw or other nesting material. The next step is frequent gathering oi the eges and storing them m a clean, cool place until marketed. To he sure of freshness the cues should he -gathered at least twice a day and even oftener in extremely hot or cold weather. Most poultry raisers are careful to gather their eegs frequently in hot weather, but rather neglectful in cold weather, thinking that so long as the eggs are not frozen biullv enough to crack them open that they are not harmed. This is a false idea, for even slight freezing will destroy nn egg s frc-hness. An egg that has been slightly frozen will appear much like a stale egg when opened, be ing rather watery and it will have a fiat taste. Frequent gathering is as im portant in nucr as in summer. Grading of Prime Importance Next m importance comes grading, nn absolutory necessary work if one would secure and hold a worthwhile trade, (trading usually conveys the idea of color alone, whereas true grading in cludes three things color, size and freshness. In grading for color, the eggs should be separated into three lots, the abso lutely whitcshell eggs, those with ' ,own shells, and then the speckled a- . off color ones. The grower will coine nearer to hiving a uniform color, of egg if lie adopts one breed of fowls in stead of a mongrel flock. As an in stance, we obtain the whitcphcll egg from the Leghorn, brown eggs from the Kocks and from the Wyandotte the speckled egg. The matter of which is the best color depends entirely upon the particular market supplied, Home enple favor the white egg, others believe the browu shell egg is superior. However, whether white, brown or speckled, the price ob tainable will always bo better if all the eggs in a container or crate are of a uniform color. Where a container can not be filled with eggs of one color in a reasonable time, it will pay the producer to use smaller carriers and have each one contain a uniform product. That One Small Egg The next step in grading is size, which is fully as important as color. Nothing detracts more from price than to have one or two small eggs in a layer. One small egg .i a package, or a few dis tributed through a crate will lower the price several cents a dozen in the whole sale market. In the case of the private customer the one small egg to the dozen it not a fair deal, and usually makes the customer feel that he has been cheated. Eggs of large size generally bring more than small ones, but the important thing in grading is not so much the lixe of the eggs M their uniformity. 20 years without repairs Which is the more ex pensive roof? The one that costs least at the start or the one that lasts longest? RU-BER-OID costs a trifle ' more than other prepared roof ings. But RU-BER-OID lasts for years and years without repairs. It outlives others because it contains nothing that can crack, warp, run, rot, rust or leak. We know it to be the best and most economical roofing you can buy. Made in Slate Gray, Tile Red and ,-: Copper Green. The genuine has the --.oH ""fan nn each roll. U A DIW DC CI NORTH CAROLINA GOLDEN CAM PINES. The Campines have been bred in Uclgiuni for centuries and have achieved wide popularity throughout Kurope be cause of their heavy egg production. There sre Silver and Golden Campines, and both varieties lay white eggs of good size, and like the Leghorns seldom become broody. The Golden Campine is a handsome fowl, about the same size as our Leg horns. It is alert and active and it No doubt the most important point in grading is freshness, for if the eggs are stale, then grading for . color and size is wasted labor. Where it is the endeavor to serve a particularly good trade it. will pay to candle even the freshest of eggs. Candling enables one to pick out the occasional egg contain ing a blood spot, or other matter some time found in the best of eggs, which, in the eyes of the consumer, brands the egg as a bad one. In .this manner nn absolute guarantee can be given with the eggs. Producingthe Day-Old Egg A really fresh egg should not be over s week old when it reaches the consumer. The egg of the dav is the "twentv-fnur- hour egg." The demand for this twenty-four-hour egg has given the producer a chance to make a premium on his products. In large cities there is always a ready market for the well-graded, twenty-four-hour egg at a premium of from ten to fifteen cents a dozen. To command such a market eggs must be well graded. Attractively packed and shipped daily, as gathered. I Ms market oners an equal opportunity to both the large and small producer. The small prixlucer with perhaps an average production of a dozen eggs a day will find private trade served by parcel post the best method of marketing. The larger pro ducer with a production of say ten dozen or over a day, can seek the trade of hotels and restaurants, supplying them by pxpress daily. However, such trade cannot be secured unless one can guarantee a given number of dozen daily, so it is well to weigh the possi bilities of production hefore attempting to supply hotel or restaurant trade. Give Eggs a Trade-Mark One of the greatest helps in market ing an extra fine grade of eggs at a premium is the practice of marking each egg with a small rubber stamp, giving the name of the farm or grade of eggs and the date laid. In fact, this custom has become so wide-spread with pro ducers of twenty-four-hour eggs that patrons of our best hotels and restau rants will not accept an egg as the genuine twenty-four-hour article unless it is so marked. For the big shipper there is no better package than the standard thirty-dozen crate, or the half crate of fifteen dozem mm PROBLEMS MEJpiLT Fairfax Harrison Shows How Traffic Has Increased Faster Than Transporta tion Facilities Washington. B. C Nor. 24,-Fair-fax Harrison, chairman of the Rail- roadx. War hoard, authorizes the fol lowing: . : . ': Thi' transportation situation is be coming the subject of growing public uneasiness nnd agitation. Those re sponsible for the operation of the rail ways realise, that transportation condi tions unless more vigorously dealt with by all concerned will ijrow more acute. Therefore, the Kailroads' War hoard believes that it should make to the public a frank statement and explana tion of the farts and indicate some of the means 'which it believes should be used in dealing with the situation. 1'oth the public and the managements of the railroads must .courageously face the fact that under the trying conditions which will develop this winter it probably will become impos siblo for the carriers to handle all the traffic which the shipping public can offer. The number of unfilled requisitions for freight cars after having largely declined between May 1 and Septem ber l.iit spite of a vast augmentation of traffic showed an increase on Oc tober 1 and a further increase onNo-vi-.-iiber 1, The. main reason, of course, why the railways are having such great ; difficulty: in handling all the traffic is tiiat there lias been an enormous increase, in its volume and that this till continues. Statistics which have just become 'MCTUL iW "-JiE . V ..IV TiiH J 7 brilliant golden body and color con trasting sharply with the intense green ish black barring, is much admired. Its lobes are white and comhs single, falling over lo one side on the female. The Campine male is hen-feathered; that is, he does not possess the long flowing, sharp-jointed hackle and saddle feathers usually seen on the nude, nor the long-curving sickles of a cock, and he is colored exactly like the hen. Attractiveness tan be added if heavy returnable egg crates, marked with the farm's name, are used instead of the easily broken free crates commonly used for all grades of eggs. For the small nrodi upon a parcel-post trade there are numerous reliable packages on the market made especially for such trade. Such packages topped" off with an at tractive seal and printed guaranty label far excel any home-made contrivance, and are practically a guarantee of safe arrival to the customer. All packages or crates should be sealed so the consumer feels assured the product has not been tampered with in transit. The development of a hotel or store trade for large quantities of fine eggs must depend almost entirely upon per sonal solicitation. However, if one realtv has the ironds In ntt tY,ar ,.u be little trouble experienced in finding a ready marl.et. A parcel-post trade can be developed in Severn! wnvs hv rarnn fir,lin,.n t ion or by the insertion of a small ad- ycrrisemejii. in me aauy papers. A ma jority of poultry raisers supplying a parcel-post trade have started in a small way, supplying perhaps one or two families at first, and gradually increas ing as opportunities were ottered. Such a method is by far the best and most likely to succeed. A really good product will soon bring inquiries from others, which, to the wide-awake nroHnrer constitutes opportunity. A good plan followed by some pro ducers supplying parcel-post trade is to inclose A small nrinted alin unA an ad dressed postal card in their packages, say in one gmpment a montn, asking the customer, if pleased with the prod uct to hand the postal to a neighbor and invite him to send for a dozen eggs. The use of a coin card marked with the price of the eggs and inclosed in each shipment is the usual plan followed. With well-known customers other ar rangements can be made for payment. igh pricei on feed, laitot and other retfuirfment$ due to War condition havt imposed a terrific burden on the poultry grower. He mutt watch for way to economize at never teore; he must get the very most from hit fiockt. Robert, Armstrong will have .a column of these timely topict in next week't article. , I available show that In the months of April-August, U17. Inclusive ihose being the first five months after the entrance of the United States Into the great war1 our railways handled 16 per cent more freieht traffic than in the same months of 1916. which year Droke all records uu to that time. The traffic handled In these five months or 1917 was 60 per cent greater than that moved In the same months in 1915 and In fact exceeded the total traffic moved In any entire year, prior to 1904. When the statistics for Sep tember are available they will show that in the nix months ending with that month the railways handled more freight traffic than in anv entire year prior to 1907. Coal Movement. Perhaps the most remarkable figures are those regarding the movement of coal. In the six months May to Oc tober, inclusive, there were moved 150,1)00 more carloads of anthracite than the same months of 1916; an In crease of 18 per cent, and 751.000 more carloads of bituminous and lig nite coal than in the same six months of 1916. Also an increase of IS per cent, a total of 116.000 carloads of freight have had to be hauled to the National army and Xational guard camps arid up to the time of the latest report over 17,000 carloads of freight had been handled for the shipping board. The railways are still moving a total freight traffic surpassing any ever known before and it should be borne in mind that they are doing this with almost no greater facilities than thev had two years ago and under condi tions which prevent them from ma terially increasing their facilities. Another important phase of the sit uation to which attention should be called Is that the railways this year have had to handle the largest passen ger business ever known, This has been a serious obstacle to needed re ductions in train service. In addition, between August 1 and November 12 they transported l.L'OO.DOO soldiers to training camps, cantonments ami points of embarkation, This troop movement Involved the use of approx imately 2.750 special trains. Of course, this large passenger traffic and troop movement have complicated matters and increased the difficulty of mov ing the freight traffic. Large troon movements are still being made and the railways are moving to the train ing camps and cantonments about 75, 000 carloads of supplies a month. These facts are sufficient to explain the situation. The railways have se cured more service from every track, every car, every locomotive than ever before -arid the fact that the unfilled requisitions for. freight cars amount ed on November 1 to only 140.000 in spite of the tremendous increase in traffic reflects great credit upon theii performance. , 1'pbn this record, of -actual achieve--i ment the railroads rely upon the .sup port of the public 'opinion despite much of what Commissioner Clark, of tho Interstate Commerce commission has characterized as "unfair. criticism from ptjple who are n-ving to direct attention to alleged faults of others m order to avoid having their own shortcomings and evil doings brought into the limelight." r.ut the public naturally is no( so much interested, in what the railways have done as It is in what they probably will be able to do during the coming months. . The course of developments in forc ing those responsible for their opera tion to anticipate that probably they will become unable to provide trans'- "o an me classes of eom-i modifies which they have been mov- need because it is thought by those in jug. The situation is similar to that authority that tho national welfare in other industries. The steel manu- demands that the output of the iron faeturers cannot produce all the steel a"d steel mills and of the railway needed, the coal mines cannot pro- equipment concerns be devoted to duce all the Coal needed and the farm- other purposes. ers have not produced all the wheat tireiit. however, as are the difficul tieeded. Other industries faced by simi- J '-'s which the railways are encounter lur conditions, under the sanction and-inK in their efforts to render adequate direction of the government, .are re-1 service, we believe that if trie govern duclng the amount of fuel and m.-iter- lnP,u allti the public will be patient fa Is furnished to hnslm.ju ,,,.,.. (and will continue to give the manage- producing things rying on the war concerns not esenli.; to car- I'hin That Would Help. The time may be almost here when it Will be necessarv to distinguish In railway transportation between thing--that are essential and things that are not essential. The 1-inil roads- War board has. therefore, furnished to Judge Lovctt. the government direc tor of priority, and Dr. Garfield, the government fuel administrator i. men- riouest, a list compiled hv toinmittee of railway traffic officers showing commodities the transporta tion of which is regarded as non-essential under present conditions oe part Of tins list is made up of ' about 4..0 commodities whose transportation wi!hn,o m,,d hG dil)en--'d with, ilhout any considerubl . inconveni ence to the public. Another part con- .....,.- .nM.iii ,a commodities W'hich it . . ' -""iu ois tense wnh. but not with inconvenience It is for the priority director and the fuel administrator to determine how many of these commodities shall be denied I'tiiririi ine ntin ,..,,1 ,i: . We have no doubt tb,.t i sen till commodities are eliminated "tho tail ways can transport nil commodities . ...v me government In carry- ng on tho war and by the people for their subsistence and comfort Furthermore, those responsible for the operation of the railways do not wish to be understood as conceding that the transportation lines have reHched the limit of their capacity. ,.y ''"-reasinir the amount or traffic they are handling and with greater exercise f K;ln und nerirv by railway officers nnd employes and .ingrnSubir;Cl'.t'''0tlOn frm ,hp "'-. ,, ,h U,i (,vpr"'''n' officials, i, V , , "KUKumg nytnorities, he freight service rendered can still be largely augmented. The Kailroads' War board Is Issuing m Yiw. . ,, "na employes nnd to tho public detailed suggestions in addition to those already made as to -.....uu ny wnicii this result can be accomplished and we have no doubt that these will be received and acted upon as similar suggestions hereto fore made have been. The difficulties with which the rail ways were confronted at the beginning of the war Wjre very great. Some of rreoL -i, . ov,rcome' Th-e In-1 "A Hard Saying?" Yes. fcnd seem- 1-ieaj.e auring the first five months of jlngly ungraclout lo one who does not h fcar.,, . "er cent ,n freBht traf. (know for herself how you have tra nc nandled with practically no In-1 vailed In heart and bou! before you crease m locomotives or cars wan ' could bring yourself to "beur" It! equivalent to the additton of 6,000 lo-1 Keproachful memories of the dear comotives and 360,0c: cara to thoiand sacred associations of the season oT, ,,Tvlre' inrlH0 t0 I0rbld It. llecauso nations tne mrricuitles now confronting the' are at war through no fault of ours railways are evtn greater than those fare our children to have no Christmas' tney fnced at the beclnnlnir of thoitree? I'erbima not n hun. h.i w,Br- They cannot get anywhere near all the men they need. They have lost many of their most efficient offi cer and employes because of their en listment In the servlcu of the govern ment or for other reasons and the new men of course are not a efficient as those we have lost. It is impossible for Xbe carriers to get materials and new equipment they War O r d er s R u s He d ''y.,; ' - - - ' .. 'V.:-.. ' The magnitude of the great war in which we are now en- gaged, has necessitated unusual preparation. Mighty forces are marshaling, great stores of food and munitions are being gathered, and the energies of the nation are 'focused on problems incident to the war. - At the very beginning of the war, the whole Bell System was placed at the disposal of the Government. No nation has entered the war with such a comprehensive and efficient telephone service As our military establishment grows, the demands of the Gov ernment upon the Bell System are bound to increase and always they must take precedence over all others. ''; " ( v Increased activity in commerce and industry as the result of larger demands for food and munitions from our allies and for our own use, means more need of telephone service by private business. But private business must always be subordinated to the Gov ernment service. Each individual American will co-operate in this patriotic service, and submit cheerfully to inconvenience or delay in his tele phone service, when he understands how vital it is that Govern ment service shall take precedence over all else. ASHE V I L LET ELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY tniv r ontinu incut of the railways their co-operation most of the difficulties will be overcome. This Year's Christmas Duly By MA It ION HAULAXI) of Tin' Vigilantes We women some fearfully of America have "had "hard sayings" which I take to mean tough problems, social. ! domestic, nnd economic forced upon us within the past three years. The effort to make one dollar do the work of three has taken precedence with the mighty mid He class representing the bone and sinew of the country. l-Inelv ustcnc -.. t erl with thi in fjti't I Insennriihlo frnni It 'stnmlu th rtntv urged by prudence and the United States government, to deny one's self the pleasure of hospitable entertain ment of those whom It Is a delight to invite often and freely to our homes. As a natural sequence we are retiueat ed to curtail the provision made for family fare. Meatless days, wheatless days and sweetless days are enjoined as patriotic obligations the wise eco nomist and patriotic housemother may not shirk. The rapid' approach of the Christ mas holidays thrusts upon us what will be to some the most startling problem of all that have been born of -the (Ireat Tribulation convulying the nations. To put It directly and plainly: How many of us arc Willing, in the fear of !od and in true love for our fellow- 'features to write such a letter as this to each t)f those, to whom we had noped to sead a blessed Yule-tide? love-token at the I "Iiurly Ilclnved: "I'liusclince anil olr, uiu-Ihir-.-m havn fnn-Ml upon ine the painful ilu.y of denying myrrtr th pl.tuoire of niakliur I'hrlBlmiin nifts thin yiar. Will yuu 'vpi Ihe curd I hIiiiII end tn yuu on I'-hriNtinaH ilny hb-n ptpilipt of my Mtfa1 fBt nffrrtlnn ond hvlteva Dint with It ho minvt re wlKhcti for your health nml liH!plnrn during the holidays and the vomlng yar? Regretfully an.! affectionately youra, ' stockings on Christmas eve? Are their eldera to forego tho exchange of gifts that testify to abiding nffection? In many households It Is the pretty custom for each member to hoard spare colni for monhs before the holidays na an almost holy fund to be expended In love-glfti when the happy season dawns. The hoard rcn resents self-denials innumerable, and long and sevefe calculations for the happiness of Others. Is all this to be wasted? No! thousand times no! It will soften the "hard saying" measurably and sanctify the offering if it be di verted into someone or several of the channels indicated by the government, the daily press, and personal appeals of the wives and children of the men i who are fighting for the liberties and rights of mankind, of the poor we have alwavs with us, even at our doors starving children and htipless old age. Why attempt to enumerate the wants that cry to Heaven for aid? May I specify as almost a sin the practice of what I have elsewhere stigmatized as "holiday 'blackmail?" We most of us are guilty of conformity ifo the custom to some extent. 1 mean making Christmas gifts to those from whom, in Scripture parlance, we "ex pect to receive again." More of us do not blush to confess to ourselves and sometimes to others that we give because Kuch-and-such-an-one always sends us something at Christmas and that, he or she has a right to expect reciprocation. If we would purge our lists of projected holiday gifts of the blackmailing order we would be sur prised and shamed. Ono word for the children and Which costs most painting or waiting ? After your house needs painting, every year you wait it will require more paint and more labor to put it in good condition. And every year you wait, your house is worth less. A little paint-money is good paint-insurance. LEAD and ZINC PAINT, nwu caujoka - wbam ijongu J 1st as soon as your house needs painting, come in and let ow you how little it will cost you to use DEVOE. We say "DEVOE" because it's absolutely pure. That's why DEVOE takes fewer gallons, wears longer and costs less by tne job or by the year. And that's why we guarantee Devoe without reserve. DEVOE & KAYNOLDS CO, Inc. NEW YORK -- CHICAGO Th aldut paint manufacturers In the United Stataa. Founded la New York hi 1TM hhmmm isVH.b itr-WSu I Christmas eve stocking-hanging. I could not find it In my grand motherly heart to discountenance for ono season the Immemorial ceremony and attendant rites. Let the darlings decorate the real or mock "chimney piece" with the pendant hose and see to it, that these are corpulent on Christmas morning with Inexpensive tokens of your love. But make It clear to the children's minds why this year costly gifts would be robbery of God's poor and the brave "buys' who am offering their lives in defense of our rights, shedding their blood that for ages to como there may be peace on earth, good-will to men. .fudging By Looks. Lady (to tramp) No, I shall not give you anything. Tou look strong and hearty, and well able to work. Tramp Ah, ma'am, you shouldn't judge people by their looks. I thought you looked a kind-hearted lady, but I find you ain't (1'earson's London Weekly.) - Tho Cost Of It. "Did you give your wife anything for her birthday, Pat?" "Oi did thot!" "And what did It cost?" "Tin dollars or tin days." (Orange Peel.) mm wi '- J I fi tsrw? I li I il i
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