The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-31
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GiVGD BY The State Food
Department
To Prevent Bad Eggs For
Domestic Use
A Bulletin Received By Local
Merchants


presented The Banner a Bad Eggs
Warning" pamphlet and below is pub
lished number of suggestions to
producers According to the local
dealer there are no bad eggs on the
market in Mt. Vernon, and none are
sold in the retail trade unless they are
strictly fresh. Every storekeeper, who
sells eggs must candle them for the
purpose of escaping the penalty of the
law. 1t is violation of the Ohio
laws to sell eggs unit for food The
fine is S25 to 500 for first offense and
for each subsequent offense 500 to
5000 or Imprisonment 80 to 100 days,
OF both fine and Imprisonment.
Dirty eggs should not be marketed
Small eggs to do sell as rapidly OF
bring the price OF large ones, there
fore they should be retained for home
consumption. The egg when laid is
germ free and if properly cared for
will remain so, The egg shell itself is
not germ proof and it admits all
forms of bacteria, but the membrane
beneath the shell is germ proof as
long as it remains dry, but when it
becomes damp from straw, mud or
filth. bacteria grows through it. The
exterior Of an egg is the lodging place
of bacteria spores of all kinds and
once an egg becomes damp, is washed
or broken, decomposition speedily
follows.
Keep pure bred poultry-one of the
general-purpose breeds-such as Ply
mouth Rocks, Rhode Island Reds,
Orphingtons, Wyandots, etc.
Pure bred fowls lay a goodly num-
Der of eggs, uniform in size and col
or. The production from mongrels is
less and the eggs are of various sizes
and colors. For market purposes pure
bred fowls sell for higher prices ow-
ing to uniform size and color of the
flesh.
Improve your poultry stock as in
bred fowls lose their vitality, there
fore, producing small and off-colored
eggs.
Feed them balanced ration. Hens
should not be expected to produce
many eggs containing 12 per cent
protein if fed only on corn containing
but per cent of this important sub
stance. Attention to feeding will in
crease the average production and
improve the quality of the egg.
Provide a good coop and one clean,
dry vermin-proof nest to every four
or FIVE hens, Good results cannot be
obtained when fowls are housed in
building infested with lice and
mites or when filth is allowed to ac-
cumulate If a sufficient number of
clean nests are not provided the eggs
become soiled and broken.
Conclude all Matching by May is,
then sell the mate birds or confne
them the remainder of the summer
Better still keep few OF the hest
fowls penned for breeding purposes.
BY early Matching and proper care
the chicks will grow strong, vigor-
Gus, well-matured birds before cold
weather. Early Matching makes pos
sible to sell or confine the male birds
before hot weather, also makes full
egg basket possible in the fall and
winter when prices are high.
Fertile eggs Immediately after lay
ing cannot be distinguished from the
infertile eggs although fertile one
starts to incubate before it leaves
the body of the hen. The germ OF
the chick is microscopic and is not
detected by candler. Unless the egg
is cooled and kept at a temperature
below 70 degrees F the germ will
develop. At a temperature from 80 TO
1893 degrees F chick development fol
lows rapidly.
The producer should carefully Sc
Iect ~ or Is of his best females each
year and mate them with a pure bred
male OF the same general character.
istics of the females, adhering always
20 the same breed. In the course of a
few years a great Improvement in
his flock will be noticeable, and as
previously stated eggs Of uniform
size and color will be produced.
Separate the setting hens from the
laying hens. Unless the broody hens
are separated from the layers a loss
is sustained from heated eggs start
ing to incubate. Eggs are not i'm
proved in quality by being partly in
cubated.
Gather eggs once daily during cold
weather and twice or more during
hot or rainy weather. In gathering
eggs often loss is avoided from brok
en- and smeared eggs as well az heat
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