The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1908-05-29

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VS. proclaimed that process had
-, d,scov.red whereby fresh eggs
could t@ manufactured IKE WOODEN
nutrnegs. but these egg machih'ss
--s. tho same fate as the patent ram
r,skars who went TO the western ram
iass regions with their dynaIoite pal
looms "a make thunderstorms 10 order.
Tho han laws the cold storage egg
however distant IL seems TO be re-
moved from its prlmord!al ancestor.
In the cheap season huclsters gather
them from the farms; poultrymen
haul them TO the railroad stations:
v-oO.rvrnen who trade them in. de-
liver them (. o. b.. and all together tho
Grated eggs are tre!ghted 10 wholesale
houses and the trust" Now. II these
millions Of eggs were all good or the
men who handle them were all carelci
or bo.est the cold storage eggs would
t.e OF better quality and the prejudice
against them not 50 great But listen.
Farmers. as a rule, are not very par
t,rular about eggs. Few Of them have
good henhouses and nesting places.
The result is the hens hatch and Ia!
In any old place.
They lay In the haymow. next In
heat 10 hades on q hot day; they drop
their eggs under the roosts and In the
COW stables: they steal their nesN
under the hogpens and in many other
places where heat and filth soon rob
them Of their beauty and sweetness.
Eggs found In stolen nests are often
too old 10 vote. The farmer always
leaves q nest egg 10 lure the specklea
hen back II may be changed the next
day. or ii may serve In its honorab bic
capacity for three months before II
finds its way TO an epicure's table In
the city a. fresh stock laid while you
wait" How well we remember the
day on the farm when we found 4
nest with ten dozens Of eggs In the
corner OF the haymow.
II one hen laid them all they were
the product Of $50 hard days work
that II, II she laid regularly every other
day, but the best type hen sweats TO
lay POO year
How we eIulted one day when We
/ spiel I half bushel Of eggs under the
old hogpen.
We squeezed under and hauled them
out, and grandma sold them 10 the
huckster for 10 cents A dozen. Bat,
whisper II softly. the hens had been
Matching and rehatching under that
pigpen through all the ages OF man.
You might think all the eggs shipped
from modern poultry plant were
fresh. Let me lit the lid. There are
a great many castoH eggs al poultry
plants. Some set as high as 10000
! eggs a season. In some seasons from
81 10 90 per cent do not hatch. After
the large incubators are running five
days the eggs are tested by passing
them before a strong light. All eggs
that do not have bloody-like spider
in them are rejected. This spider 10
+ the live germ. and you can follow up
its development till toward the twenty.
first day. when you can see the chick
en- wiggle in the shell.
On the fifteenth there is another test.
/ The eggs rejected are the following:
/ Clear or infertile with 4 red streak
/ or ruptured blood vessel. black spot
or dead germ, cracked and rotten. At
the end OF the hatch among those left
are the eggs with dead chicks In them.
/ Now you can see how much latitude
blackleg in the egg business has for
/ trickery.
The infertlie eggs are clear, and one
can hardly distinguish them from fresh
eggs. Bakers often use them In their
manufacture Of wholesome cakes and
pastry. But some poultrymen will mix
these rejected eggs with good stock
ana sell them 10 wholesalers. and some
wholesalers Will ship them to retailers
ana storage companies, and then they
60 70 the hotels. boarding houses. res
laurants and private families. and
mats where the kick comes in.
GAMBLING EGGS.-But let us actin.
any Follow these eggs into a wholesale
mousse where they do an honest bust.
uess' 1hey are preparing eggs for
storage. Three or four carloads are
stacked around and some have been
shipped clear from California. We
open crate OF California goods. and
'heS are certainly crackerjacks-large
"hte' beautiful eggs, superior In size
70 the eastern White Leghoru and
Mlhorca. What fine stock they must
nave in the state of orange groves and
giant redwoods,
we now go into the Gambling room.
winch Is pitch dark. The generator
,urns on light which is in a box. A
uoie about two-thirds the size OF an
Egg goes clear through the box, and
inc strong light shines through these
uoles' At each opening an employee
- passing eggs before the light. Be.
iore ne passes the egg it is tapped TO
zee II the Shell is perfect. All eggs
,"S' sre not clear, that are cracked or
nave dirty shells are thrown out,
ne soiied and cracked eggs are sold
20 tne bakers, canned, frozen or made