Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-04-25
EGG TRADE SECRETS
Gold Storage Safeguard Against
! Hens Suspending Business.
Added Eggs Deodorized and
Utilized in Strange Ways.

Ot11i1eu III otrdnge ways.
1.-The difference between standard eggs
fnd strictly fresh eggs S that the
bitter come from the territory contig-
ious to New York city. The stand
a.ds' come from everywhere and are
+1sisced in cold storage against the de-
mand and consequent high prices that
follow severe winter weather when the
neighborhood hens suspend business.
1t is then that the cold storage egg
is depended upon to supply the de-
mand for eggs, which are indispen-
sable to the cuisine. The stored eggs,
when they have been treated to any
one of a dozen kinds of preserving
baths, which practically seal the shells,
will keep wholesome for long time.
There was time when eggs were pre-
served in lime, and blind man could
detect their presence at ten yards, and
the taste was apparent to any one.
The. housewife detects the packed
egg by the slight cloudiness Of the
white, the darkness Of the yolk, and
the fact that the white clfpgs to the
shell. Its good egg for all that,
but not SO appetizing as a strictly
fresh egg. Some people in New York
with difficulty find anything good
enough for them. High price is their
sole criterion. For their benefit the
grocers carry line Of eggs put up in
fancy bag holding a dozen, each egg
being in little private compartment.
These patrician eggs are stamped
with the attractive name OF some
''Sunnyside," or "Maple Farm, and
also with the date upon which it was
laid. These attractive specimens of hen
fruit are sold at from fifty to seventy
five the dozen. There are wealthy
families that pay even fancler prices
fc~ eggs alleged to be ''strictly'' from
some celebrated breed of fowls.
When the hens Of Long Island and
Westchester and New Jersey fail in
their duty, the doors of the cold
storage houses open, and the eggs
that were laid in the sweet long ago
are put on the market and sold at
prices that carry heavy profits. In
New York eggs are sold from the unit
of twenty eight cents. The signs in
the stores as a rule bear blank space,
upon which the number given for that
day is chalked.
There have been days within the
year when storage eggs have been
held at ten for quarter. This was
not on account Of scarcity. That
cannot happen now. The price of
stored eggs is regulated entirely by
the supply Of strictly fresh eggs.
There can be no such thing as total
loss in the egg market. Added eggs
are chemically treated SO as to render
| them odorless. From them are made
| a powder known as "dessicnted egg,
which is used by cheap bakeries and
low class restaurants. These prepara
tions are Of recent invention, but are
coming into general use.
Formerly all the added eggs, after
the deodorlzlng process, were utilized
in the manufacture of ready mixed
paints. The supply of these does not
equal the demand by any means, ard
the importation Of eggs with past
from Europe and the sea fowl eggs
from the islands Of the oceans for this
purpose alone is considerable indus
| try.
| Millions Of eggs are annually used
| In the enormous coffee roasting estab-
| lishments Of the country TO produce
the glaze upon the coffee that is put
~ III IECAdSCS, 0iit Ao -OA1 u114oSt
exclusively in the country stores West
and South. A joboer in eggs, of Hud-
son street, stated to Journal reporter
/ that there were probably 10000
cases Of eggs remaining IN cold stor
age in New York city, WHICH Is not, BY
| anv means, an unusual amount Av-
eraging two gross to the case, there l.
ready for the market in one forn o.
another, 1890, 900 eggs. This is q
supply sufficient to give tie $500, 600
/ population Of the Greater New YORK
an egg every day tor week Made
into an onlst. the- would cover sn
area Of 203 square miles. or fifty one
+ miles square, which is about twice the
size OF an ordinary countv.