The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1888-01-28

us DurggraI6 ana great capthlne, ne ue-
termined on piece Of luxury-"one egg,
to every man, and two to the excellently
valiant Schweppermsn." Far more than
fish-for its watery diet-eggs are the
scholars fare. They contain phosphor-
us, which is brain food, and sulphur,
which performs variety of functions in
the economy, And they are the best of
nutriment for children, for, in compact
form, they contain everything that is nee
essary for the growth of the youthful
frame. Eggs are, however, not only food
they are medicine also. The white is
most efficacious of remedies for burns, and
the oil extractsble from the yelks is re-
gsrded by the Russians as an almost mi
raculous salve for cuts, bruises and
scratches.
A raw egg, il swallowed in time, will
effectually detach fish bone in the
throat and the whites of two eggs will
render the deadly corrosive sublimste as
harmless as dose of calomel. They
strengthen the consumptive, invigorate
the feeble, and render the most suscepti-
BILE all but proof against jaundice in it's
more maligant phase. They can also be
drank in the shape Of that egg flip" which
sustains the oratorical efforts of mod
ern statesman. The merits of eggs do not
end even here. In France alone the wine
CHARTERS use more than 100000 year;
and the Alsatians consume fully 38,000,-
600 in calico-printing and for dressing
the leather used in making the finest
French kid glove. Finally, not to men,
ton various other employments for eggs
in the arts, they may. of course, al
most without trouble on the farmers
part, be converted into fowls, which in
any shape are profitable to the seller and
welcome to the buyer. Even egg-shells
are valuable, for allopath and homeopath
alike agree in regarding them as the pur-
est of carbonate of lime.
In the face of these facts, it seems al
most Incredible that an article of COM
MERGE, to produce which requires hardly
any capital, and which is salsble in any
quantity, is SO little attended to that the
supply in England is altogether unequal
to the demand. How many eggs are laid
within the British Islands can only be
calculated with an approximate degree
of accuracy. According to the latest ag-
ricultural returns there are at present
In the United Kingdom something like
100000 of barn-foor fowls, though, as
the poultry in possession Of the cottagers
were not, except in the case of Ireland,
taken into account, the return may be
regarded as much under rather than over
the mark. Twenty-Five millions would
be nearer the real number. Now, if we
deduct from this the permanent nom
layer" in the shape Of male birds and
the II, 000,0 which reach the market in
the form of poultry for the table, the re-
mainder will represent setting-hens and
mere chickens.
Some fowls will lay as many as 220 eggs
per annum, while others do not yield a
third OF that number. But if, according to
the calculation Of correspondent whose
figures we printed some months ago, each
hen is credited with 100 eggs, there would
be at least 6OOOOOOOO of eggs from our
home farm houses. less the 100000 in
process of Matching. This supply, prodi
gious as it seems, is, however, mere trife
compared with the quantity required. For
if the egg-esters of the kingdom are put
at 25,0O0,0OO the number mentioned
would not admit of each of them con-
Stunning more than about twenty-fou
per annum. This, of course, is far below
the mark.-Londor Standard.