The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-06-27
EGGS IN COLD STORAGE.
How They Are Kept by the Million
for Use in the Winter Months.

From the Kansas City Star
Half a million dollars is a large sum OF
money to be invested in so small and ap-
parently Insignificant a commodity as
eggs, yet that represents approximately
the value of the eggs being placed In the
cold storage warehouses of Kansas City
this spring. The season is now at its
hight and before the close about 10000
cases. each containing thirty dozen eggs,
will be laid away for next winters use.
This is much larger quantity than was
ever stored here before. Last spring
about $1,000 cases were stored in Kansas
City warehouses. The increase is remark
able for the reason that few dealers made
any profit in their venture last season,
while the majority lost 81 TO SO on every
case stored. One explanat ien of the in
crease is that outside dealers and specula-
tors are looking with more favor on Kan
sas City as storing point and as mar
ket where thsy can dispose of their hold
ings most satisfacto
There are many interesting details In
egg handling which are but slightly
known to the avera ge consumer OF poach-
ed eggs and omelets. Few people realize
the number of different hands an egg
passes through on its journey from the
nest where 1t was laid In the farmyard
of the country to the dining room where
IL is eaten in the city. The Importance
Of eggs for use In the arts and their COM
mercial Importance outside OF their value
as a food product are interesting. Cand-
lirg eggs is an important feature of the
storage season. 1t is a simple process OF
holding an egg TO the light in a dark
room. for The purpose of determining all
its quality. Handlers. who store eggs.
have learned by experience the necessity
for eliminating all except the largest.
ceanest and freshest eggs from cases
which are to be carried In storage for
several months. Chares a. Moler, head
Gambler at Armour's. has from ten to ihir-
tv men working under his direction
throughout the season. The Gambling room
is long and narrow. with benches fitted
uo around the wall At short intervals
electric lights are strung from the cell
ing.
The room has no windows and the Iiybts
are so constructed that Only ray OF light
is admitted. Standing before the light
workman examines each egg by holding
it up to the light. IL the ray shines
through the egg clearly II is all right as
far as quality Is concerned. Cleanliness
and size are two important conditions to
be reckored. and eggs must meet all the
require men before they will be accepted
for storage. The attention paid to cand-
ling has increased each season a few
wears ago the only Gambling rooms In
Kansas City we're small inclcsed spaces
in the rear of commission houses where
only one man could work at time Now
many men consider egg Gambling their
regular trade. and experts are well paid
for their care and efficiency. No one can
tell Whether they have Sighted their work
until next winter. when the eggs are TAX
en- out Of storage. The overlooking OF one
decayed egg may cause the eggs of the
whole case 20 decay, and one case of bad
eggs would spoil dozens.
CAndI0d
selected and packed in new white wood
cases, they are placed in storage rooms
where a temperature of 81 degrees Fab
rsnheit is maintained. They are held in
that temperature until taken out next
winter