The morning news., 1888-06-20
CONCERNING EGGS.
Odds and Ends of Chat About the Egg
Business by an Expert Gambler.
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Business by an Expert Gambler.
From the Neto York Sun.
A man busily engaged in holding eggs up
before candle attracted the attention of a
reporter in Third avenue, near Forty.
seventh street, the other evening. An in
terview was the result, and here it is
"What are you doing"
"Candling eggs. You see pick up each
egg and hold it before the candle. Thelight
shines through it. l can see at a glance
whether it is cracked or Specked or spoiled.
low price. Bakers and confectioners 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"
''Is not that an old-fashioned way Of test
ing sggsrb 9. b,,+ .,norionoa rrovos il 70 b. +b.
best, and it is quick An expert can candle
80 600 eggs a day. 1t has been tried to test
eggs by water. A good egg will sink and a
bad egg will float, but you cannot find out
a specked egg that way"
"What makes specked eggsp
"Lying in one position. An egg should
not be left many days in one position. If
an egg is turned every day it will keep a
long time An experiment was once tried
bv q. II. 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 turned it every day
and it kept good"
"How long are the best eggs kept before
they get upon the tables of the best ho-
telss"
"It takes about four days, because they
are bought in bulk in the country and must
be carefully assorted before being placed on
the market"
"How are imported eggs kept from spoil
ing on the voyagep
"They are carefully watched and turned.
| They come in cases easy to handle, and an
| expert soon learns to handle them quickly.
1t adds about quarter of a cent to the
cost, but we can pay that and the freight
and vet sell eggs that come from France
and Germany cheaper than we can sell
western eggs, and some think they are bet
ter. We can get them here in about twelve
days from France. England also gets many
eggs from Germany and France"
SHow about dessicated eggs, or canned
eggs"
and cheap. The process is now brought to
perfection in this country. Mr.. Dennis tried
It on large scale, but it would not pay.
There is. in fact, no need Of it, SO long as
people know how to keep their eggs good by
turning them. The present mode of pack
ing each egg in a separate paper compart-
ment facilitates turning, and insures a con-
slant 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" - ..
eggs2 Why should substantially all the
eggs IN market be hen eggsp
HBecause people prefer hen eggs, just as
| thew 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 digested food, often rel
| ished by the sick. As rule, the imported
eggs are nicer and more carefully selected
than domestic eggs, and we get them on the
table even quicker than the eggs that comes
from Kansas or Minnesota"
"How about the variation in the price OF
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cents TO 81 cents dozen. They are gen.
erally cheaper in the summer, because the
supply is greater. They do not spoil rapidly
in winter, but there are not so many OF
them. The larger supply OF the summer
makes I'D for the loss by spelling"
"What food makes hens lay the best
eggsp ,., -,
shells. a good hen will lay an egg every
other day on the average. At tnat rate q
hen is the most profitable of live stock or
fine farm. President Dennis ciphered it ou
once. and sent out circulars to farmers K
convince them that no product Of the farm
pays better than eggs.