The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1893-09-16
Preserving Eggs.


Only strictly fresh eggs can hc pre-
served, and in packing them the eggs
should not touch each other rs one
bad egg viii spoil the whole,
ErgS collected from ucighho,s, or at
stores, will not answer US even the
most ohliglOg ncighhor may mintcn-
tiorally impose stale egg on you,
Eggs from hcus not IN company with
cocks will keep three times MS lorg
as will those from hens mated with
cocks Hence, in summer, after hatch
ing is over, remove the males, as the
hens will lay fully rs we'll without
them.
Keep the eggs IN cool place in sum-
mrr and do not let them frrczc IN win
ter The cooler you keep them the
better
BE sure and turn the eggs at least
twice u week, or the yolkS will adhere
to the shell no matter how they may
he preserved, This may hc done 10y
putting the eggs IN n box and turning
the box, or by placing the eggs en- u
rack, or turning tray.
Eggs will keep in cool place ir
simply turned without any packing ut
all, especially II they are from hens not
in company with cocks,
Dry, finely sirtcd coal ashes, dry,
salt, fine, clean, dry dirt, corn, oats,
chatt charcoal and bran will answer,
but ashes or salt are preferred.
Never go in the business of prrscrv-
ing eggs until you have experimental
with u dozen, breaking an egg every
month, in order to make observation.
+ 1t will he very difficult to preserve
eggs and have them fresh ut the end of
six months, but rs three months is
long enough, eggs from minated hens
will easily keep that length of time.
The prices advance in thWo months
from the time prices are low.
/ We do not recommend the sulphur
process for eggs, as il discolors them
some, though ii is etllcacous. The
rack methed in Il cool place is our
choice.
If you can keep eggs for three
months only ii will be sufficient for
change of prices.
Do not try any Of these methods on
large scale until YOU experiment
with dozen eggs. 1t will cost YOU
but little to test for yourself and learn.
Although we give methods for pre-
serving eggs, we will frankly state that
we never yet knew of any one going
/ into such Il business who made ii pay.
Fresh eggs cannot he imi .ated.
Assert your eggs when taken out for
sale, putting dark ones together
Wash them clean before preserving in
warm water, and do the same when
taking them out.
Although we have given several
methods, simply to lay them before our
readers, we can only recommend the
method ofplacing eggs on racks, turn
ing them twice or three times week
and keeping them in cool place. We
term this the rack method.
Eggs that are fertile will not keep
well under any process, but may be
kept six weeks for Matching by the
rack method.
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&c, will not bring more than one-half
the price of fresh eggs in the market.
/ In other words, YOU will get no more
for them after preserving them than
when they are fresh and cheap; hence,
such eggs do not pay.
No one can bny egg and preserve
them with profit. You must keep
your own hens and have no males
with them.
The sulphur process will enable you
to preserve and keep ground bone,
ground meat, fresh fish, or almost any
/ thing, for six months or Il year, and
not the slightest odor will result. 1t
also destroys all germs OF disease or inn
purities in the meat or bone, and flies
or insects will not attack the materials
after being preserved -[PoulryJournal.