The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1907-09-21
Exg. Without Shells.

E<gs Without Shells.
Russian exporters, to avoid an excess
I've freight on eggs, as well as to avoid
loss from breakage and from spelling
by heat, ship them without the shell
j. e., broken and the contents put up in
alright block tin boxes, with or with
| out salt, according to the taste of the
customer
Each box contains several eggs anG
is sold by weight, the size running from
| half kilogram up to pud tsome 1G
kilograms). The price of the latter is
rubles. For use in cooking and for
limited time these timed or preserved
eggs seem to answer very we'll that is,
on the coutinent, for England doesn't
take kindly to them. London, for in
stance, says the National Druggist,
which buys large quantities of Russian
eggs pays rubles pud for them
against for the preserved eggs), be-
sides the weight Of the shells and the
extra freight tariff on eggs.
Each block tin box of conserved"
eggs whether of half kilo Ga kilo is
little more than two pounds) or 2-pud
siZe must bear the date and hour OF
its closing, thus guarding against get
ting stale eggs The amount Of eggs
put up in boxes and annually exported
is enormous and constantly growing.
Proportion of Sexes i'm Swine.
The Bureau of Animal Industry C
the Department of Agriculture has re-
Gently issued an interesting bulletin on
the relative proportion of the two sexes
Of pigs at BIRTH This is information
not heretofore obtainable, for the rea-
son that. while the herd books have
given the total number of pigs far
| rowed, the number Of each sex was
given only for those raised. The re-
port included lat ltters The number
Of boar pigs was $500, the number of
COWS 6,626. The average per sow was,
boars 4.51, sows 4.4S. For all prac-
teal purposes the sexes may be regard
ed as equal in number at BIRTH al
though the boars are seen to be slightly
more numerous than sows Expressed
in the lowest terms of whole figures,
the proportion stands POI boars to 200
sows. The results were gathered from
twenty-five States and Territories and
represented eight breeds, with several
filters of grades or mixed breeds.
The Army Worm.
He's a notable pest.
He ruins the crops.
In 1743 he appeared by millions.
That was in struggling New Eng
land.
DR.. Bouton, Of Vermont, saw ten
bushels in a heap.
The last very serious onslaught was
made in 1896.
He feeds on the succulent stalks Of
wheat, corn, oats and the like.
Fortunately he has host Of nat
ural enemies.
His mamma is light thrown moth,
who lays her eggs in meadow grasses.
In his six weeks from egg to moth
fly he does his great damage to the
precious crops.
He's a juicy morsel for the meadow
lark, the bobolink, the blackbird. robin
redbreast and many others. The black
beetle also devours him wholesale.
Trees for Moist Soils.
The common cottonwood is one of the
least useful trees for waste planting on
the farm, because it succeeds we'll only
in fresh, moist soils, says c. A. Keffar,
in Montana Fruit Grower In the far
West it is useful tree for planting in
seepage spots, and it can be well grown
in all moist soils 1t is neither durable
nor strong, so that it's principal value
is in its rapid growth. giving an early
supply of fuel. OF the willows, the lead
ing one is the common white willow,
which is especially useful as a wind
break, but the willow also likes a moist
soil, uniting it for most waste plant
ing.
Hay Carrier.
Make of muslin or coarse unbleached
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