Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-11-07
WILL WAGE WAR
AGAINST BAD EGGS

According to last Sundays States
man, the state pure food department
is going to wage statewide cam
paign against bad eggs" which are
now being placed on the market in
almost every city, town and village
in the state.
The Idano pure food law defines
food as adulterated and prohibits its
sale IF 1t consists In whole or in part
of a filthy, diseased, decomposed, in
fected, tainted, putrid or rotten ami
NAL or vegetable substance or arti-
cle,n and Commissioners Wallis holds
that this includes bad eggs. 1t is
therefore unlawful for the farmer TO
sell or offer for sale bad eggs to the
merchant; 1t is also unlawful for the
merchant to sell or offer for sale bad
eggs to his patrons or iobbers.
Commissioner Wallis says the Ida
no egg, owing to careless methods in
handling, has been selling at q dis
count. and that this loss to the state
Is considerable and unjustifisbls.
The primary cause of this loss is the
producer, some Of whom deliberately
take to the market eggs which they
know are bad, because they figure
the merchant is compelled to take
them or lose their trade. Another
reason is that some producers are ig-
norant as to how to handle and sell
eggs. Considerable OF the trouble
lies with the small merchant who,
owing to competition, buys any kind
of eggs for fear Ii he counts out the
bad ones he will lose the farmers 9
trade to his competitor, who will take
anything with q shell around It..
When a merchant keeps his eggs he
must sell them ''rots out" so the
price Of his goods which the farmer
gets for his eggs must be raised ac-
cordlngly; the result Is that the loss
falls on the farmer.
A man. who deliberately tries TO
sell bad eggs which he knows are
not fresh. deserves the extreme pen.
atty of the Law, but the troule is that
sufficient care Is not taken to deter
mine fully the class Of eggs offered
to the bubble. 1t does not take long
to candle out case Of eggs. This Il
done by means of some good light in.
closed In q box in which are TIVE
2 small openings alongside of each
v other to allow the light to pass thru
: The room in which this Is done
z should be darkened and the candlel
o holds to the light in each hand al
! egg, large end upward, and give
3 them quick turn in order to view
0 the entire contents as It whirls In th,
b she'll. An absolutely fresh egg shOulG
u be clear with only . dim outline o
= the yolk visible. There should be NJ
4 air cell visible. ANY egg other thai
Q that Is not absolutely. fresh. At th
i large end is a clear space. called tn
r air cell which becomes larger as tn
y egg grows older caused by the evap
. oratIOn OF the water contents in th
= egg. If q dark spot Is noticed IL !
u either a 'rot" or developing germ
is A red blood ring Is caused by 3 dea
g germ. White. streAks In the shel
i show that It Is cracked. With snc
simple means within his reach 70
: protecting himself, there Is no excus
'f for the retailer selling stale and b.
IF eggs at the price charged for Strict
~ Fresh Eggs
During the summer months thor
" ands Of dozens of eggs have bee
d placed in cold storage to unload O
1.-THE market when the price Of egG