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The nature of the agreement between the producer and the consumer, whether reduced to writing or not, should be made to suit the circumstances and must be fair to both. Perhaps the first agreement made should be in writing; but later, if mutual confidence and trust have been thoroughly established, the contract may be verbal.

The matter of frequency and method of payment can be arranged in various ways. For the first agreement term, which may be a year or less, cash in advance might be satisfactory, until a definite system of orders and payments is established.

The agreement should specify:

(1) The names of the parties to the agreement.

(2) The length of time during which the agreement is to be in force.

(3) The number of eggs to be shipped each week during the time the contract runs, and also the frequency of shipment and the number in each shipment.

(4) Price to be paid during the time of the contract, together with the base on which the price is fixed.

(5) Method of adjusting claims for broken or bad eggs.

(6) The consumer should open boxes properly (without cutting or tearing), and should take proper care of them and return them by mail as desired by the producer.

(7) Frequency of payment and manner of remitting; postage paid on empties returned to the producer to be credited to the consumer on next bill rendered.

For the reason that eggs are in very abundant supply in the spring season and in very short supply in the fall and early winter season, the contract should specify quantity to be supplied each week throughout the year. The producer can not expect the consumer to take all the eggs that are to be marketed in the season of greatest production, nor can the consumer expect to get as many eggs as he wishes in the season of lowest production; and these two extremes should be thoroughly understood and specifically mentioned in the agreement, so as to have no misunderstanding regarding them.

In the season of short supply the consumer might be willing to try some eggs preserved in water glass, thereby relieving the situation.

The producer in making an agreement with a consumer should undertake to replace or allow for eggs lost by breakage in shipping. Should this provision in the agreement be abused by any consumer it might be sufficient reason to refuse to contract again with that consumer, and of course satisfactory evidence of unusual breakage would need to be produced, and it might even be necessary to locate the cause of the breakage in the mails.

The following is a suggested form of agreement:

This Article of Agreement made this ...... day of ......, 1917, by and between John Doe, of Doeville, Doe County, Va., party of the first part, and Richard Roe, of 298 Bahama Avenue, Washington, D. C., party of the second part.

Witnesseth, That for the price of .... cents (....) per dozen above the wholesale price for best eggs quoted in the “Blankville News” on Tuesday of each week, the party of the first part agrees to supply the party of the second part .... (....) dozens of eggs weekly for the remainder of the calendar year 1917, each weekly consignment to be shipped in one parcel.

Payments are to be made every four weeks on bill rendered by party of the first part to party of the second part after making proper allowance for eggs broken beyond use and for eggs otherwise unusable. The party of the second part is to receive credit for postage on empties returned and agrees to take proper care of containers, open them properly (without cutting or tearing), and to return them to the party of the first part as party of the first part may desire.

If party of the first part require it, party of the second part agrees to return containers with broken eggs in place if he claims they are damaged beyond use.