News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-07-05
CONCERNING EGGS.
odds and Ends About the Egg Busi-
ness by an Expert Gambler

A man busily engaged in holding eggs
| up before a candle attracted the atten-
ton OF New York SIM reporter the
other evening. An interview was the
| result and here it is:
What are you doing!"
Gambling eggs. You see I pick up
each egg and hold it before the candle.
The light shines through it. 1 can see
at glance whether it is cracked or
spoiled. If it is cracked I set it aside to
be sold at low price. Bakers and con-
fectloners and some prudent families
buy cracked eggs, and they are as good
as any eggs not cracked, but they must
be used within twenty-four hours.
els not that an old-fashioned way of
testing eggs %
eyes; but experience proves it to be
the best, and it is quick. An expert can
handle 10000 eggs day. It has been
triel to test eggs by water. A
good egg will sink and bad egg will
float, but you cannot find out specked
egg that way"
What makes specked eggs?"
Lying IN one position. If an egg is
turned every day it will keep long
time. An experiment was once tried by
4. IL. Dennis, President of the Duchess
County Creamery, as to how long an
egg could be kept good. He kept
one on his desk nine months, and turn
ed 1T every day and it kept good"
"How long are the best eggs kept be-
hotels? p"
''It takes about four days, because
they are bought in bulk in the country
and must be carefully assorted before be-
ing placed on the market.
They are carefully watched and
Surned. They come in cases easy to
handle, and an expert soon learns to
handle them quickly. It adds about o
quarter OF cent dozen to the cost, but
we can pay that and the freight and yet
sell eggs that come here from France
and Germany cheaper than we can sell
Western eggs, and some think they are
better. We can get them here in about
twelve days from France. England also
gets many eggs from Germany and
France
Glow about dessicated eggs, or canned
eggs?,' "
"Some use them and say they are
good and cheap. The process is now
brought to perfection in this country.
MIR. Dennis tried it on a large scale, but
1t would not pay. There is, in fact, no
heed of it, so long as people know how
to keep their eggs good by turning them.
The present mode of packing each egg
IN separate paper compartment facili-
tates turning, and insures a constant
supply of good eggs. True, they must
be handled carefully in transporting,
but that soon gets to be an easy habit.
Of course, the baggage smashers do not
go near the egg crates"
why don't We eat duck eggs and |
goose eggsa Why should substantially
all the eggs in market be,hen eggs2"
Because people prefer hen eggs, just |
rs they prefer cows milk to the milk of |
any other animal. Few people like the
flavor of duck eggs or goose eggs. The
eggs of shad are very palatable, however.
But hens eggs are universally liked, |
and they are good, strong, easily di-
gested food. often relished by the sick.
AS rule, the imported eggs are nicer
tic eggs, and we get them on the table |
even even quicker than the eggs that come
"How about the variation in the price |
of eggs?"
'The wholesale price varies from 163
cents to 81 cents dozen. They are
generally cheaper in the summer, be-
cause the supply is greater They do
not spoil SO rapidly in winter, but there
are not so many of them. The larger
supply of the summer makes up for the
loss by spelling"
"What food makes hens lay the best
eggs p
"Grains, fresh liver, and ground
A good hen will lay an
egg every other day on the average. At
that rate hen is the most profitable of
i've stock on the farm. President Dennis
,iphered it out once, and sent out cir
,ulars to farmers to convince them that
10 product of the farm pays better than
'ggs."