Bulletin No.

414

Document Type

Bulletin

Department

Department of Agricultural Economics

Description

This bulletin attempts to answer the following questions:
1. What is the quality of farm eggs produced in this state?
2. Do eggs deteriorate in the South Dakota marketing channels?
3. What are the factors affecting quality of eggs and the decline of quality in the marketing channels?
The data used here were obtained from two surveys. The main survey was conducted in 13 North Central states, including South Dakota, with the purpose of obtaining information on egg quality and quality deterioration in the marketing channel between first buyers and wholesale plants. To that end, buyers and wholesalers were interviewed and their marketing methods analyzed; eggs were candled and graded by a federal-state grader at the buyers' stations and at the wholesale plants. This survey was conducted in 1948. Some data on the operations of the large wholesale plants and the stations refer to 1947.

Keywords

egg marketing losses, quality egg handling methods

Pages

27

Publication Date

11-1951

Type

text

Format

application/pdf

Language

en

Publisher

South Dakota Experiment Station, South Dakota State College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts

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