The Brunswick times-call. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1900-1902, 1901-12-28
THE GREAT EGG INDUSTRY

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Marketing, Etc.
From pamphlets just issued BY the
United States Department of Agricult.
ure we gather many interesting sugges.
tions about eggs and the best manner Of
marketing them.
The egg industry is already of consid-
cradle commercial Importance The egg
production of the United States for 1890
was estimated at $40, 200, 900 dozen, and
these figures are generally considered
too low. Our own state was credited
by the census of 1890 with 1882, 7SS
dozen eggs. The demand has always
been somewhat ahead of the supply in
Georgia. Under the influence of PAM
phlets sent out by the Agricultural De.
partments of the United States and of
the several states, assisted by the work
of the various experiment stations, there
has been of late years great improve.
ment in the methods of feeding and
caring for poultry and in the selection
of laying stock, SO that the egg produo.
ton has greatly increased.
There is always market for poultry
and eggs for food, and the raising of
fancy stock for breeding purposes pays
well in some localities.
In earlier times, eggs, when sold, were
marketed near the place where they
were produced. But with improved
methods of transportation large quaint.
ties are now shipped from the United
States and Canada to remote points on
this continent and even to England and
more distant countries. There are spe.
cial egg cases for shipping to far distant
points.
OF course eggs that are to be trans
ported long distance must be kept
fresh by artificial means. Fresh eggs
put into cold storage with pure atmos:
phere at temperature of 81 degrees
Fahrenheit suffer very little change in
their quality. When carried on cars or
steamships they should be kept in
temperature of from 42 to 3S degrees
When the cases are removed from the
cold storage chamber, they should not
be opened at once in warm atmos-
phere, but should be left for at least two
days unopened.
In the last two or three years a new
method of preserving eggs has been
tested with gratifying results. The
North Dakota Experiment Station has
paid particular attention to this prob
lem. The new method referred to is to
pack the eggs in suitable vessel which
must be clean and sweet and then pour
carefully over them solution of what
is called water glass. This is the popu-
lar name for potassium silicate, or for
sodium silicate, the commercial article
being often mixture of the two. Water
glass Is commonly sold in two forms, a
syrup-thick liquid, of about the consis-
tency of molasses. and powder.
According to the results obtained
from experiments q solution Of the de-
sired strength for preserving eggs may
be made by dissoNing one part of the
syrup thick waterglass in ten parts of
water. If waterglass powder is used.
less is required for given quantity of
water. Only pure water should be used
in making the solution. Therefore it is
best to boil it and cool it before mixing
with the waterglass.
II wooden kegs or barre,g are used for
packing the eggs they must be thor
oughly scalded first. The packed eggs
should be stored in cool place.
The North Dakota Experiment Station
found it best not to wash the eggs before
packing, and announces further that 1
gallon of the solution is sufficient for 80
dozen. If they are properly packed.
If a reliable and inexpensive method
Of preserving eggs for long time has
been thus discovered, great impetus
will be given to what is already assum-
ing large proportions as an industry Of
the United States. Z