The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-06-22
THE EGG Is KING.
Extent OF the Traffic Ia New
York.
ness

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firm in this line of business hav-
ing exceeded 100000 per an
mum for several years past, while
the aggregate transactions in New
York City, according to careful
estimates, are at least $4,000, 900
per annum. In truth, the great
gallinaceous tribe of our country
barnyards contribute in no small
degree to human subsistence,
eggs being rich in nutritiYe proper
ties, equal to one-half their entire
weight. Ofall creatures, the pomp-
GUS rooster alone seems to have
had due appreciation of hens in
the domestic economy. A great
pity it is that gigantic moa has be-
come extinct, for with such eggs
as have been found in Madagas-
car, measuring ID 1-2 inches ex-
treme length, and holding 8 1-2
quarts, one of these birds by a
single convulsive effort might pro-
vide an entire boarding house with
a liberal omelette. The peculiar
excellence of eggs depends opoD
their freshness, hence their perish
able nature has detracted meal
culaby from their value as a stand
ard article of diet. Most happily
for the modern generation, the
process of crystahzing completely
overcomes this difficulty, so that
all the constituents of the newly
laid egg instantly assumes a dur
able shape. The entire natural
egg IS converted into q vitrous
substance, of a delicate amber tint
Tin general appearance reminding
one of split peas or particles of
shellac) J, in which form it is re-
duced seven eighths in bulk com
pared with barreled eggs, and re-
tains its properties for years I'M
impaired in any climate. This is,
indeed a great achievement of
science and mechanical ingenuity,
reached after practical and costly
experiments, and most important
in its bearing on the question of
cheaper food, by preventing waste,
equalizing prices throughout the
year, and regulating consumption.
In this form eggs may be trans
ported without injury, either to
the equator or the poles. and at
any time can be restored to their
original condition simply by add
ing the water which has been aTti-
ficially taken away. The gentle
men who have embarked their
capital in an enterprise of such
undoubted Importance Gas certifi-
ed in the Centennial exhibitions
report of award, and by the
American INSTITUTED are known as
the Omitted States Desiccating
company" factory at st. Louis;
New York office at No. 50 Barclay
street. No salts or other extrane-
Gus substances are init oduced, the
product being simply a CONSOLE
dated mixture of the yolk and
albumen. Great difficulty was ex-
perienced in finding suitable ma
terials for those parts of the ap.
paratus used in crystalizing,
where they come in contact with
the egg under treatment, as met
ais caused discoloration; glass
yielded to changes of temperature;
porcelain did better, but complete
success was not attained until
slate at last proved to be exactly
the thing, and least expensive of
all. Albumen prepared as above
described under this company's
patent is reduced IN weight from
100 parts to about fourteen, and
is so little affected by any change
OF circumstances of extreme con-
dition that quantity of it sent to
China on trial was returned in no
respect impaired. Bearing in mind
the value of eggs as food, the
enormous quantity of them con-
sumed, the difficulty of either
transporting or preserving them
in their natural condition, the
high price occasioned by scarcity
during most of the year, the
achievements of the United States
Egg Desiccating Company must
be regarded as of the first i'm
| portance. The grand end in view
is to equalize the cost and con-
sumption throughout the year.
| Immense quantities of eggs are
| preserved at this spring time OF
the year by lining. Thus treat
ed they are good for every pur-
pose except boiling, and even for
this they will answer if pricked
in the thick end to prevent burst
] ing. Dealers having no surplus
often sell eggs thus treated for
fresh, so that imposition is easily
practiced. The difference, how.
j ever, is at once apparent in the
desiccating process, as from -four
to five more lined eggs are requir-
ed to make pound egg crystaliz
ed than when fresh are used, and
eggs in the least tainted will not
crystalize at all.
Our most experienced egg deal
ers contend that there Is no profit
in raising poultry to compare with
producing eggs-that q single her
will lay from twelve to fourteen
dozen eggs per annum at the av
erage price in the market of TWEEN
ty-five cents per dozen, and that
the bird thus occupied can be feC
and housed for SOC for the whole
: period. There is no reason why
: when once the United States Des
: locating Company's process o
| crystalizing becomes general, egs
: production should not be stimulat
, ed as never before, and the fooC
, supply receive large accession
from this source. 1t is calculated
that the saving IN transportation
breakage, and decay alone vii
give opportunity for profits sucl
as are impossible under the pres
: emit system.
. The already great and incTeas
ing consumption of eggs in Eng
land and France shows the grow
! ing appreciation of this kind o
aliment compared with any other
, Here in the United States it ha
!, acquired an Importance. of which