Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-09-03
CrYsfaIiized Egg,

The egg traflc OF this country has risen 10 an
importance when few comprehend. TIE aggre-
gate transactions in New York city alone must
amount FULLY TO SS,0O0,000 per ann UNI, and 10 the
nlted States 10 SlS,0U0, 600. A single firm in
that line OF business East handled 81 900. 900
worth OF eggs during the year. In Cincinnati.
too, he traffic must be proporuonately large.
IN ilut.l. The great galiinaceou5 Tribe OF our
country DarnyardS contributes In no small
degree TO human SUI Slst ence. eggs being rich In
naTiuye rroptrtles-9iual TO one half their en-
tire weight. Geese duck and hen eggs are the
principal kinds produced In America. We have
nOihiEg however Ike We are told used to be
found n Madagascar or have been found there,
the gigantic Woa egg, measuring thirteen and
haIl licAes ID extreme length, and holding eigat
AID 2 Iait quarts. One or these birds. with A
single eflott, might supply Il modern boarding.
GCuSe With ole cts Tor q day.
1 ne periShGDie nature OF eggs has naturally
oefracted from their value as STANDARD article
or ffef- The peculiar excellence Of eggs depends
upon their freshness But lately the process OF
crystallzfng has been restored 20. and By this
process the natural egg is converted into deli
care emeer tint, IL which form it Is Reduced
seVenth-etghths In. bulk compared with barrelled
eggs, and retains Its properties for years unim-
pared Dy any climate. This is indeed an
uity, aud has most important bearing on the
question OF cheaper food, by preventing waste,
equdllng prices throughout the year, and regu-
iaJirg consumption. In this form eggs may be
Transported without injury, either to the equator
Or TO the poles, and ut any time can be restored
to their original condition simply by adding the
water Which has been arttfcially taken away.
The Chief egg desiccating companies are ia ST.
Louis and New York. No salts or other eXtTane-
0GS matt efS are Introduced in the process OF cFy
talilZ1ng, the product is simply a conSoliia lated
mixture or the yOlk and albImen. Immense
IGsntltlts or eggs are preserved In the spring OF
the year by lining. Thus treated they are good
Tor every purpose except boiling It Is COM
mon trick for some dealers to palm off eggs so
treated Tor fresh. 50 that imposition is easily
practfsed. In the 6eSiccation process however
The dHefence becomes apparent, as from four
TO i've more lined eggs are required to make a
pound OF eggs crystalliZed than when fresh are
USED, and eggs in The least tainted viii not cryS
talliZe at all
Some Of the most experienced egg dealers
declare fnat there is no profit ia raiSi ny poultry
20 compare with producing eggs. A simple hen
Will Lay from twelve TO fifteen dozen eggs per
annGnl, selling at an average OF thirteen cents
per dozen. and the birds thus occupied can be
housed and fed for less than fifty cents for the
Whole period. In the east the price Der dozen is
much higher. Here we buy them by the dozen.
Step tDto eastern produce establishment and
thty Will sell so much for quarter OF a dollar
There is 40 reason why the cryStallizng process
should not become quite general and egg pro-
dGcilon stimulated as never before, and the food
supply receive large accens1Oa from this source.
The already great and increasing consumption
OF eggs III England and France shows growing
appreciation Tor this kind OF food compared
with any other. In Lima, Peru, eggs sell at one
dollar per dozen-equal to four dollars per
pound crystalliZed. IL is thought that this
the Industry OF our hens ard puiletS may be
very acceptable. as Well as beneficial. In ous-
mess and domestic point OF View.-Ctlacin'.ati
Commercial,