Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-02-10
4 cHAT CONCERNING e9Gs.



man bnsily engaged in holding eggs
~ before a candle attracted the attention
OF a reporter the other evening an II
terview was the result, ana mere IL 10
..CandIinr errs You see I pick up
zach arr md hold It before the candle
me liSht shines through it | can see AT
lance whether it is cracked or specked
~ snoiled If il is cracked set 1t ASIDE
70 bs sold 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 % use"
within twenty four hours -
IL NOT thot an old fashioned way oil
testing eggsf ;. 81 bo the
yes. but experience proves u 70 pe e,n'
best, and it is quick An expert eau Gun
die 30. 900 eggs a day 1t has been 'I l'3E
to test eggs by water A good egg WI,
sink and a bad egg will boat ana you
cannot find out specked egg thaI way
what makes specked eggsr -.
Lying in one position An egg shoui u
not be left many days in one positl u
an egg is turned every day 1t VIII Keep d
long time. An experiment was once Irleu
| by q II Dennis, president OF the DuIcue99
| County creamery, as to how long an e9s
could be kept good He kept one on us
| desk nine months. and turned II every
day and kept it good.
| "How long are the best eggs kept DC
fore they get upon the tables oil tne oeS'
| hottest"
at takes about four days because they
are bought in bnlk in the country ana
must be carefully assorted before oehg
placed on the market.
How are imported eggs kept from
spelling on the voyaget
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 a
quarter of a 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 we
can ret them here in about twelve days
from France England also gets many
eggs from Germany and France
How about desiccated eggs, or canned
eggs2"
"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
nav There is in fact. no need of it, ST
long as people know how to keep theii
eggs good by turning them The present
mode of packing each egg in separate
paper compartment facilitates turning
and insures a constant supply of gooC
eggs True. they must be handled care
fully in transporting but that soon gets
tc be an easy habit OF course the bag
gage smashers do not go near the egg
crates
why don't we eat duck eggs anc
goose eggsY Why should substantially
all the eggs in market be hen eggs1
Because people prefer hen eggs, jus
as they prefer cows milk to the milk o
any other animal Few people like thu
flavor of duck eggs or goose eggs Thu
eggs of shad are very paatable, however
But hens eggs are universally liked, anC
they are good, strong easily digeste,
food. often relished by the sick AS
rule, the impnrted eggs are nicer and NOR
carefully selected than domestic eggs
and we get them on the table even quicke
than the eggs that come from Kansas o
Minnesota
How about the variation in the pric
of eggs"
: The wholesale price varies from six
teen and half cents to thirty one cent
dozen They are generally cheaper il
the summer, because the supply is greater
They do not spoil SO rapidly in winter
but there are not SO many Of them Tn
larger supply of the summer makes u
for the loss by spelling
; What food makes hens lay the bes
? eprs2