The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-05-08

Cold Storage a Safeguard Against
Hens suspending Business.
Added Eggs Deodorized and
Utilized in Strange Ways

nous 10 New York city. The "stand-
ards" come from everywhere and are
placed in cold storage against the de-
mand and consequent high prices that
follow severe winter weather when the
neighborhood hens suspend business.
10 is then that the cold storage egg
is depended upon 10 supply the de-
mand for eggs, which are indispen-
sable 10 the cuisine. The stored eggs,
when they have been treated 10 any
one Of a dozen kinds Of preserving
baths, which practically seal the shells,
will keep wholesome for q long time.
There was a time when eggs were pre-
served in lime, and a 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 clings to the
shell. tits a good egg for oil that,
but not so appetizing as q 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 a,line Of eggs put up in
a fancy bag holding a dozen, each egg
being in a 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
for 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 we're laid in the sweet Icing 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 a 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
arc chemically treated so as to render
them odorless. From them are made
a powder known as "dessicated egg,
which is used by cheap bakeries and
low class restaurants. These prepare.
tons are of recent invention, but are
coming into general use.
Formerly all the added eggs, after
the deodorizing process, were utilized
in the manufacture Of ready mixed
paints. The supply of these does no
equal the demand by any means, ard
the importation OF eggs with a pas
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 uset
in the enormous coffee roasting estab
lishments of the country to produc,
the glaze upon the coffee that is pu
up in packages, and is sold almos
exclusively in the country stores Yves
and South. A iobber in eggs, of Hud
son street, stated to q Journal reporte
that there we're probably 5000
cases of eggs remaining in cold stor
age in New York city, which is not, b.
any means, an unusual amount. Az
eraging two gross to the case, there
ready for the market in one form c
another, 1900, 600 eggs. This is
supply sufficient to give the $500, 0C
population Of the Greater New Yor
an egg every day for a week. Mao
into an omlet, they would cover a
J area of 203 square miles, or ffty-or
miles square, which is about twice IL
we Of an ordinary county.
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