The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-02
A CHAT CONCERNING eoos.
Information About the Egg Business I'm
parted by an Expert Gambler.


parted by an Expert Gambler.
A man busily engaged in holding eggs
up before candle attracted the attention
of reporter tho other evening. An in
terview was the result, and here it is:
What are you doingy"
Gambling eggs. You see ] pick up
each egg and hold it before the candle.
The light shines through it. ! can see at
glance whether it Is cracked or specked
or spoiled. II it Is cracked set II aside
10 lie sold Mt low price. Bakers and con
fcctioners and some prudent families buy
cracked eggs. and they are as good as any
eggs not cracked. but they must DO used
within twenty-four hours"
is not that an old fashioned way OF
testing cggsf"
Yes: but experience proves it to be the
best and it is quick An expert can can
die 80, 600 eggs day 1t has been tried
,o test eggs by water. A good egg will
sink and bad egg will foat, and you
cannot find out a specked egg that way
What makes specked eggsy
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 g. II. Dennis. president of the Dutehess
County creamery, AS TO how long all egg
could be kept good He kept one on hi
desk nine months, and turned 1t every
day and kept it good.
How long are the best eggs kept be
fore they get upon the tables OF the best
hotelsE'
at 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 voyagef
They are carefully watched ano
turned They come III cases easy to
handle. and an expert soon learns TO
handle them quickly. II adds about a
quarter Of a cent dozen 10 the cost. but
we can paw 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
eggs" .,
Some use them and say they are good
and cheap. The process is now brought
ia perfection in this country. Mr.. Dennis
Tried it Oh large scale, but 1t would not
pay. There is in fact, no need Of il, So
long a. 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. Irue, they must be banded care
fully in transporting, but that soon gets
to be an easy habit Of course, the bag
eage smashers do not go near the egg
cratcs."
Why don't we eat duck eggs and
goose eggs Why should substantially
all the eggs in market be hen eggs
Because people prefer hen eggs, just
as they prefer cow 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.
Bat hens eggs are universally liked, and
they are good, strong, easily digested
food often reished by the sick. As q
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 come FROM Kansas or
Minnesota
How about the variation in the price
Of eggs
Tie wholesale price varies from six
teen aud half cents to thirty-one cents
a 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 50 many Of them The
larger supply of the summer makes up
for the loss by spelling"
What food makes hens lay the best
eggsy'
Grains. fresh liver and ground oyster
shells. \ good hen will lay an egg every
other day On the average At that rate
a hen is the most profitable Of liy6 stock
on the farm President Dennig ciphered
it out once, and sent out circulars to
farmers to convince them &hat no product
Of the farm pave better than eggs