The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-11
CRApTsR OF EGG LORE.
Hhas the Hca Does for Humanity.
Tres, Eggs" the Year Round.

ir">i ig.s' the Year Round.
Very few of those who visit their gro
Gerry and purchase their modest fftceL
and twenty five cents worth have
any idea of the vast quantity Of eggs sup
piled 70 and by the United States OF
America. The eggs received in New York
alone during 1887 amounted to 534 4Ot
barrels of seventy dozens each. and 40.
si3 cases 81 thirty dozens each. or a grand
total OF 1899, 240 eggs in New York last
year! o many Of these were fresh
Take a stroll down Washington street
and see the merchants opening their bar
rels and cases. On the sidewalk. and even
in the buildings, are women who have
come - buy cracked eggs. Very few mer
engage In tbs business; the women arc
much %shrcwdcr, and with a covered
wooden pail in hand they watch The
cracked eggs being taken out. They buy
them mp and resell them 10 the bakers.
No had eec, can bc palmed of on these
women; the CraCScd egg must be com
plctcly broken and cmpticd before they
accept 10 O. their count. Many small
stores c.so buy cracked eggs, and these arc
purchased il small quantities 10y board.
lag house keepers who delight in home
made pastry on the table
Bat tIc rotten cggs2 What becomes of
them In former years they were taken
TO the sc)ws and dumped with the city re.
fuse, but nOw they are the means Of sup.
porting a distinct line Of business. They
are gathered together 10y the members Of
an energetic commonwealth, who take
them 70 New Jersey. put them IN barrels
and sell them TO the manufacturers OF
Morocco leather. So necessary nave they
become for The leather process that the
demand is frequently greater thar the
supply.
la the crowded state OF this city il is
almost q matter OF impossibility for board
ing house keepers 90 supply their patrons
with "fresh eggs all the year round. I'm
less persons can keep their own hens fresh
eggs must, with them, be at ; discount.
Tae hen is q Wllllul bird, subject 10 all the
capr.ccs OF her sex, and so long as her
nature prompts her TO DO most OF Lcr lay
ing during the mildcT portion Of the year
50 long VIII the necessities Of the case re
quire that q portion Of her product shall
be kept from the period Of plenty to re-
lcve The period Of scarcity. This question
OF preserving eggs Las excited attention
for centuries, and millions Of dollars have
been lost in trying 10 attain perfection.
The lining process was discovered n little
more than 100 Years ago. and an excellent
method 10 is, but such eggs are easily de-
tected, and while a prejudice exists
against them they can seldom be foisted
as fresh.
The later invention Of refrigerating CON
sists in holding eggs in proper packages in
a cool temperature, so that they viii not
grow old too fast. The temperature is
generally from % 10 40 dogs. 10 which
they are often kept from three to SIX
months. But these ice house eggs are
usually found 10 be "risky." They come
into the market carly in the fail, just
when trade is picking up and prices ad-
vancinS. They work off rapidly at first,
but the regular egg eater soon discovers
that there is something wrong, and they
are in~cOn'incntly dropped 80 The worst
of this kind comes from Canada, where
they are packed in oat hulls.-New York
World.