The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1872-01-11
Preserving Eggs.

The subject of the preservation Of eggs,
says the Boston journal of Chcnsistry,
has recently attracted great deal of at
tcntion, and many methods of eifccting it
have been published though none are
altogether perfect, for the simple reason
that the true cause of the spelling Of the
eggs is either unknown by those who
have attempted to furnish US with direc
tons, or has been lost sight of by thcm
There are two efficient causes for the spoil
ing Of eggs, and unless one or both of
these are avoided, We cannot hope for
succese. The first is exposure to high
temperature, and the other is access Of
air. 1t may be safely affirmed that at
Temperatures below SO Fahr, nearly all
change ceases in organic bodies, while
very few organic substances will bear
continual exposure to temperature above
80 o. The freezing point is rather too
low for the preservation of eggs in good
condition, as freezing affects the flavor
unfavorably; but, if we desire to preserve
eggs in the best manner, we must keep
them cool-say at temperature below
5O 0 II possible, temperature which is
frequently maintained in good cellars
But it will be Of no use to place the eggs
in a cool cellar if they have been previous
y exposed for hours to temperature Of
over 800.
The collection of the eggs must, there
fore, in the first place, engage our atten-
ton. Those who raise poultry, and
especially those who keep fowls for the
sake of their eggs, commit great error
when they fail to remove from their yards :
those birds that are inclined to set, and
which consequently take every opportiuni-
ty Of warming the eggs in the nests If
any one will attempt to preserve eggs
that have been sub jected to the Matching
process for one or two days, he will dis
cover the force of this statement. Kohler.
of Germany, who owns an extensive
poultry raising establishment, and who
every winter preserves thousands of eggs
without ever losing one, has recently
published an account of his method of
proceeding, and has given the folloiug
rules for securing favorable results
L. The nest must be placed in cool
position.
2. The fowls that show a tendency to
set must be removed at once, and placed
in separate Enclosures until this propen.
sity has left them.
3. If many hens be confined in the
same inclosure, or use the same nests for
laying their eggs, the eggs ought to be
removed from the nests several times 4
day.
4. The eggs ought to be assorted ac-
cording to age, and preserved in boxes
with the eoverr always partially open.
These boxes must be kept in a cool, airy,
and perfectly dry place.
D. At the commencement of winter.
the store of eggs i. placed in some room
that is not heated by fire, but that is, at
frost
e. The packages should be so arranged
that the oldest may be used first.
Eggs treated according to these rules
do not acquire the peculiar taste which
is generally the result of the recipes in
vogue for preserving eggs.
From a record compiled from the news.
papers it appears that during the year
ending October 3lst, 1871, there were in
the United States one hundred and seven
railroad accidents, causing the death of
one hundred and seventy persons and the
serious injury of two hundred and fifty.
four. These casualties occurred through
collisions, the explosions of locomotives.
the giving way of bridges, and the run.
ping of trains off the track BY collisions
alone there were forty accidents causing
the death of one hundred and eight per-
sons and the serious injury of two hund
red and eleven. BY five Of the principal
ra,,road accidents eighty one persons were
Killed, and one hundred and forty eight