Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-26
A CHAT CONCERNING EGGS.
Information About the Egg Business Inn
parted by An Expert Gambler.

Information About the Egg Business Inn.
parted by An Expert Gambler.
A man busily engaged in holding eggs
up before candle attracted the attention
of reporter the other evening. An in
terview was the result, and here it is:
What are you doinge"
Gambling eggs. You see I pick up
each egg and hold it before the candle.
The light shines through it | can see at
a glance whether it is cracked or specked
or spoiled If it is cracked set it aside
to be sold at low price. Bakers and con-
PETITIONERS 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
testing eggss'
Yes; but experience proves it to be the
best, and it is quick An expert can can
die 80 600 eggs a day 1t has been tried
to test eggs by water A good egg viii
sink and bad egg will hoat. and you
cannot find out specked egg that way "
What makes specked eggsT'
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
by q. a. 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 kept it good"
How long are the best eggs kept be-
fore they get upon the tables of the best
hotels?"
1T 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
spelling on the voyages"
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 cent dozen to the cost, but
we can pay that and the freight and yet
sell eggs that come from France and Ger
many 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
How about desiccated eggs. or canned
eggsf"
Some use them and say they are good
and cheap, The process is now brought
to perfection in this country Mr. Dennis
tried it on a 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 packing each egg in separate
paper compartment facilitates turning
and insures a constant supply of good
eggs True, they must be handled care
fully in transporting, but that soon gets
&c be an easy habit. OF course, the bag
gage smashers do not 60 near the egg
crates"
why don't we eat duck eggs and
goose eggs? Why should substantially
all the eggs In market be hen eggs7'
Because people prefer hen eggs, Just
rs they prefer cows milk to the milk of
any other animal. Few people like the
favor of duck eggs or goose eggs, The
eggs of shad are very paiatable, however
But hens eggs are universally liked, and
they are good, strong, easily digested
food. often rclished by the sick AS
rule. the imported eggs are nicer and moro
carefully selected than domestic eggs.
and we get them on the table even quicker
than the eggs that come from Kansas or
Minnesota.
How about the variation In the price
OF egSsr
The wholesale price varies from six
teen and half cents to thirty-ene cents
q dozen They are generally cheaper in
the summer, because 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 hay the best
eggss'
Grains. fresh liver and ground oyster
shells, A good hen VIII lay an egg every !
other day on the average. At that rate !
q hen is the most profitable Of live stock |
on the farm President Dennis ctphered !
1t out once. and sent out circulars to
farmers to convince them that NO product |
Of tho farm pays better than eggs"