Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-29
EGGS IN COLD STORAGE.

How They Are Kept by the Million for
Use in the Winter Months.
From the Kansas City Star.
Half q million dollars is large sum of
money to be invested in so small and ap-
parently insignificant 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 it's height,
and before the close about 900 cases,
each containing thirty dozen eggs, will be
laid away for next winters use. This is a
much larger quantity than was ever stored
here before. Last spring about $4,000 cases
were stored in Kansas City warehouses
The increase is remarkable for the reason
that few dealers made any profit in their
venture last season, while the majority lost
50 to SO on every case stored One ex-
PLANTATION of the increase is that outside
dealers and spectators are looking with
more favor on Kansas City as storing
point and as market where they can dis
pose of their holdings most satisfactorily.
There are many interesting details in egg
handling which are but slightly known to
the average consumer of poached eggs and
omelets. Few people realize the number of
different hands an egg passes through on
its journey from the nest where it was
laid in the farmyard of the country to the
dining room where it is eaten in the city.
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and their commercial Importance outside of
their value as food product are interest
ing. Gambling eggs is an important feature
of the storage season. 1t is simple pro-
cess of holding an egg to the light in
dark room, for the purpose of determining
it's quality. Handlers who store eggs have
learned by experience the necessity for
eliminating all except the largest cleanest
and freshest eggs from cases which are to
be carried in storage for several months.
Charles A. Moler, head GAMBLER at Ar
mour's. has from ten to thirty men work.
ing under his direction throughout the sea-
row. with benches fitted up around the
wall. At short intervals electric lights are
strung from the ceiling.
The room has no windows and the lights
are so constructed that only a ray of light
is admitted Standing before the light
workman examines each egg by holding it
up to the light. If the ray shines through
the egg clearly it is all right as far as
quality is concerned. Cleanliness and size
are two important conditions to be reck-
oned, and eggs must meet all the require
ments before they will be accepted for
storage. The attention paid to Gambling
has increased each season. few years
ago the only Gambling rooms in Kansas
City were small Enclosed spaces in the rear
of commission houses, where only one man
could work at time. Now many men
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 taken out of
storage. The overlooking of one decayed
egg may cause the eggs Of the whole case
to decay, and one case of bad eggs would
spoil dozens.
After the eggs have been candled and Sc
cases they are paced IN storage Sn
where temperature Of 81 degrees Fahren-
heit is maintained. They are held in that
temperature until taken out next winter,