Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-21
Greas;,,g Of Eggs
For Packing Will
Keep Then, Fresh

An ld-fashioned way of preserving
eggs, from the fall until spring, will
doubtlessly prove new to many an in
terested housewife, who would like to
escape paying the high prices for eggs
during the winter season.
Mrs. f. L. Meeker, ITO North First
street, has a method which for her.
and her mother, has never failed, ana
the eggs have kept fresh from the first
of September before the price begins
to rise, until they drop again, in May.
To preserve the eggs Mrs. Meeker
greases each egg thoroughly with iard'
This fills the seals and pores OF the
she'll Then the eggs are carefuily
placed in sawdust, or oats, standing
the small end, and not allowing the
shells to touch. They are generally
put in the-vegetable room in the eel
lar. and, will keep for months. Twice
Mrs. Meeker has found one or two
eggs, which have been overlooked
during the winter. year later, and
they were in perfect condition.
The first aid" to egg preservation
comes from the producer, and is moth
ing more than separating the male
birds from the females about May !, SC
that there will be no fertile, eggs by
fall, or packing time. 1t is the fertile
egg tina. spoils: the infertile egg viii
last a long time. This is shown by
any one who cares for sitting hens. In
fertile eggs that are sat upon ten days
long enough to test out all infertiles
can be boiled and used in feeding
young chicks. There is scarcely an
otior to them, and in most cases no dis
coloraticn.
A go, eminent bulletin on the Kidding
of flocks of male birds by the first OF
May, known in Kentucky and Tennes-
see as rooster day." is apropos to the
case. 1t follows:
In the interest Of the infertire egg
the poultry specialists have started a
campaign for the elimination Of the
rooster among poultry flocks during
the seasons between May l and Dec
/. In this connection Saturday, May
l6, has been set aside by the people OF
those states as roster day in Kentucky
and Tennessee, when every poultry
dealer in these states has agreed tc
pay the same prices for ROSTERS as
they do for hens and pullets. There is
an enormous loss in eggs es the re-
suit OF the fertile egg, especially dur
ing the summer and fall months. and ii
is for this reason the department rec
ommends that the rooster be kept away
from the hens during these seasons.
Fertile eggs spoil very quickly
when subjected to the ordinary meth
DDS of handling on the farm and when
marketed during the hot summe.
months under adverse conditions. In
fertile eggs will keep in good condi-
ton in temperatures which viii cause
fertile eggs to rot.
1T is estimated that one third of the
tremendous annual loss of eggs is due
10 the fertile egg.
THE department specialists advise
that on the lst of May al male birds
be either killed. sold, or confined until
the LIST OF December. or as late as the
lst of January in some localities, In
asmuch as it Is not necessary to the
LAYING qualities of hen that rooster
he maintained in the flock. Moreover
| his presence during those months
means fertile eggs, which mean baG
eggs and the consequent loss to the
producer and the consumer"
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