Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-11
A chAr ooncsRNlNo EGGS.
Information About the Egg Business I'm.
parted by an Expert Gambler.

Information About the Egg Business I'm.
parted by an Expert Gambler.
A man busily engaged in holding eggs
up before q candle attracted tho attention
OF q reporter the other evening. An in
terview was the result, and here it is:
What are you doingf"
"Candling eggs You see l pick up
each egg and hold 1t 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 it aside
to be cold at low price. Bakers and con-
fectioners 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 eggs2"
Yes; but experience proves it to be the
best, and 1t is quick. An expert can can
die $4,000 eggs day. 1t has been tried
TO test eggs by water. A good egg will
sink and bad egg will float. and you
cannot find out specked egg that way
What makes specked eggsf
Lying In one position. An egg should
not be left many days in one position Ii
an egg Is turned every day it will keep a
long time. An experiment was once tried
by g. H Dennis. president of the Dutchess
County creamery. as to how long an egg
| could be kept good He kept one on his
| 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
| hotelsf"
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 voyagey
They are carefully watched anc
turned. They come in cases easy t.
handle. and an expert soon learns tt
handle them quickly. 1t adds about 9
| quarter of cent.a 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 W.
can get them here in about twelve day:
from France. England also gets man,
eggs from Germany and France.
"How about desiccated eggs. or cannes
eggsT'
"Some use them and say they are goot
and cheap. The process is now brough
to perfection in this country. Mr.. DENIM
tried it on large scale, but It would no
pay. There Is, In fact. no need OF 1t, s.
long as people know how to keep thei
eggs good by turning them. The presen
mode Of packing each egg in separat
paper compartment facilitates turning
and insures a constant supply of goo
eggs. True. they must be handled care
fully in Transporting, but that soon get
to be an easy habit. OF course. the bag
gage smashers do not go near the q
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"Why don't we eat duck eggs an
goose egrsf Why should substantial
all the eggs in market be hen eggsf'
Because people prefer hen eggs, jus
as they prefer cows milk to the milk Q
any other animal Few people like tn
flavor of duck eggs or goose eggs III
eggs of shad are very palatable, however
But hens eggs are universally liked. an
they are good. strong. easily iigeste
. food, often relished by the sick. As
rule, the imported eggs are nicer and MOI
carefully selected than domestic eggs
I and we get them on the table even quicke
: : than the eggs that come from Kansas c
Minnesota"
"How about the variation in the pric
Of eggsf'
1.-The wholesale price varies from 81,
teen and half cents to thirty-on cent
: dozen They are generally cheaper
q the summer. because the supply is create
k They do not spoil SO rapidly in winter
: but there are not SO many Of them III
Q larger supply Of the summer makes
for the loss by spoiling"
What food makes hens lay the be!
eggsf"
"Grains, fresh liver and ground oyste
s shells. A good hen will lay an egg ever
o other day on the average. AT that RAJ
. hen is the most profitable Of live stoc
: on the farm. President Dennis ciPhere
it out once. and sent out circulars
farmers to convince them that no produ
n Of the farm pays better than eggs