The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1908-06-24
Why when and how
to preserve eggs.
THE QUALITY WAY

There are at least three pertinent reasons
for preserving eggs.
I.-If you desire fresh eggs in winter,
when prices are high, you can have sure
supply OF better eggs than you can be GER
t-in of being able to buy at the grocery.
Eff You keep hens and wish to hold
your eggs for better price, you can, by the
Quality method positively preserve them
so that no test except incubation can deter
mine that they are more than week old.
3.-Should you wish to speculate by pur-
chasing eggs when price is low and selling
when price is high, you can do 1t and know
that your eggs are far superior to the best
cold storage eggs on the market
The shell of an egg contains multitude
Of pores which are filled with organic mat
ter. After twenty-four hours, II exposed to
the air at temperature above "a, this
matter slowly decOmpOses, allowing air to
enter the egg carrying with it the noxious
gases which attack the albumen through the
affinity existing between these gases and the
sulphur contained in the egg After q day,
under usual conditions, the egg is no longer
'strictly fresh and becomes a little worse
each day until it is ''only fit to throw at the
umpire
The effect Of greasng the shell does not
stop the process of decomposition, neither
does the whitewash (or lime) process. Cold
storage is Intellectual because sometimes the
temperature gets too high. and in plants
where ammonia is used this gas may be the
means of giving the egg an indescribably
bad favor. Oats have no preservative quail
ties, and packing in salt simply retards the
gases of decomposition from escaping into
the atmosphere and aids its ingress to the
interior of the egg. So, any of these meth
DDS are failures in regard to preserving the
quality OF the egg
Thus il becomes a matter of importance in
your own family TO know how to preserve
sggs perfectly without encountering any Of
the disagreeable features attending ordi.
nary methods.
Money is being made every year by per-
sons preserving eggs the Quality way,
with no risk OF loss. because whether one
dozen or 1000 dozen are preserved the
result is certain, IL instructions are carefully
followed. and when six months old no expert
can distinguish them from newly laid eggs
by any test except an attempt at incuba-
tion.
In the Spring months eggs are plentiful
and the price is low. The farmers good
wife gathers the eggs from day to day and it
may be the accumulation of two or three
weeks that she finally sells honestly believ-
Ing that they are 'strictly fresh
The grocer buys eggs and places them in
baskets occupied by older eggs. He sells
fresh eggs from these baskets every day. but
does not reach the bottom until broody hens
reduce the supply and he is still selling
'strictly fresh eggs, some Of which have
been in stock six weeks or more. They
have been preserved by the 'open air"
method, and il you depend upon the market
always conundrum In the meantime the
price has advanced So that eggs which cost
l3c, are sold for 22c.
The owner of hens cannot afford to sell
eggs at any time for IL cents dozen. but
Is Obliged to il he knows of no way to pre-
serve their quality perfectly while waiting
for the price to rise.
WHEN TO PRESERVE EGGS.
Many people have 0ocks OF hens that are
prolific layers from April till September.
After that they rarely lay enough eggs to
pay for their care.
Quoting from our local market, land we
have kept tab several years. the price in
April is 18c retail, and the grocer pays
from lac TO 16c. In May you can get l3c
II you have less than five dozen in the bas.
ket, In June and July half the hens are
broody and prices advance so the grocer pays
lsc and does not ask If the eggs are
''strictly fresh In August the price ad-
vances TO zoe and in September to 22c.
October marks zoe, November 30c and dur
ing the next three months fresh eggs find a
| ready market at from 32c to 34c. The retail
price is always from two to four cents
higher
Now, It is quite apparent that il eggs laid
in July and August are preserved till Decem-
ber they will show profit Of ten cents a
dozen.
II becomes plain, therefore that the per.
feet preservation of eggs for periods of four
and five months will result in nice profit
on the money invested whether that invest.
ment is made in hens or in fresh eggs, and
there is no doubt as to the result as the
demand is always present and the market
| open.
That this can be done at a nice profit and
never sell an egg unfit for food, we posi-.
| lively know.
For our own family use we preserve the
| eggs laid in July and August and they re.
main perfectly fresh. with no change in flavor,
until eggs are plentiful again, in the Spring.
HOW TO PRESERVE EGGS.
This problem has been the subject of con.
stant Investigation all over the world for
half century, and il was less than ten
| years ago that successful method was dis
| covered. The discovery was not made by
us, but we have tested the method thoroughly
and carefully for five years with the most
satisfactory results. We call it The "Qual.
| ity'' Way because the quality of the egg is
| perfectly preserved We have kept eggs
pore than a year and they were still good,
| hence, we are honest in our belief that eggs
| can be kept in a perfectly fresh condition
longer than anyone needs to keen them.
We have supplied great many people
| with the method, and where instructions
were carefully followed, there were no fail
| ures.
The process is simple, the labor insight
fcant, the material Inexpensive and at the
end no traces are left to indicate that the
expert cannot tell the difference between an
| egg four months old aud one laid the day
before, by candling, breaking, whipping OF
| cObhluE
We will supply You with explicit instruc
| tions for preserving eggs the "Quality Way
| Tor one dollar. and there will be no string,
attached to the purchase.
| Having purchased the instructions they ar,
yours to do with as You please. You MAY
."ll or give the method to your neighbor,
| If you choose, or you can keep your owl
counsel ana let them wonder why your hem
| produce an abLndance OF eggs at a tim,
when their own hens are ''eating their heads
| of -
II you care for supply of fresh eggs fol
| your own table, all winter, this process il
worth more to you than the price asked.
II will not make bad egg good but 1
viii preserve fresh eggs continually fresh fol
an indefinite period.
Nothing is used that is poison or caustic
OF that penetrates beyond the shell
II You are sufficiently interested, send III
a dollar and the instructions will be prompt!
forwarded Address
THE EMPIRE COMPANY,
99s Ellicott Square. Buffalo, N.