Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1914-08-06
HOW TO TELL
ABOUT FRESH EGGS
Uncle Sam Gives Bulletin
About 1t.
GOOD INFORMATION.
The United States Department of
Agriculture Sends Out Inn
portant Bulletin.

To enable farmers and housewives
TO test eggs before candle and tell |
accurately their condition before they
are opened, the Department of Agri-
culture has pust published coIored
egg-candling chart. To give a true
picture of the eggs, twelve impress
sions were necessary to produce this
autographed chart.
This chart shows the eggs in their
natural size as they appear before a
candle, and also as they look when
open in glass saucer. The pictures
include an absolutely fresh egg,
slightly stale eggs, decidedly stale
eggs, eggs with yolks ticking to the
shell, eggs where the chicken has de-
veloped SO far that blood has been
formed, moldy eggs, added eggs and
leggs with green white.
Comparatively few housewives are
aware that green color in the white
| of eggs is due to the presence of bill
lions and billions of certain species
lof bacteria that makes a green color
ling matter. Eggs with this greenish
tint, even though the yolks seem to
be perfect, are not fit for food.
AS long as the departments sup
Iply lasts, these charts will be fur
Inished free upon application to the
Editor and Chief, Division of Publi-
leations. Commercial shippers Of
aggs, however, should apply for De-
partmental B ulletin 81, a technical
paper on testing by scientific meth
DDS, not available to the average far
mer. This bulletin includes the col
ored illustrations.
This chart alone will be found to be
not merely of great service to the
housewife wishing to test the eggs she
is to serve to her own family, but also
of commercial value to farmers,
country merchants, or egg shippers
who wish to buy and handle eggs on
an accurate quality basis.
| The great spoilage of eggs in this
country is due to bad handling and is
quite unnecessary. Part of the rem
edy is to teach everybody, from the
farmer to the consumer, how to tell
the quality of an egg without break
ing the shell. The country buyers,
the middlemen and the housewife
Judge of the quality of the inside of
| cucumber or an eggplant, or any 9TH
er vegetable, by the appearance of the
outside and the firmness of it's texture
1t is not possible to tell the quality
of an egg by looking at the shell,
though it is safe to say that the eggs
win shiny shells are apt to be aged.
| A fresh egg looks as though it had
been busted with very fine powder;
! the bloom" as the eggmen say. But
in order to know what is inside the
she'll the egg must be held in front of
strong light-such as an electric
bulb furnishes-which comes through
a hole about one and one-quarter
inches IN diameter. The room must
be dark. When the egg is held close
against the hole the bright light rem
ders its contents visible, and the quail
ity is indicated by the appearance of
the yolk, the white and the air space
at the blunt end.
There are many egg candles" on
the market, but the housewife can
easily make one for herself by cutting
hole in small pasteboard box,
which is slipped over an electric light
bulb. If gas or an oil lamp is the
source of light, a tin box or can
should be used.