Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-12
Infertile Eggs
Last Longest.

Last Longest. oped by the demon
stration Of the superior keeping quail
ties of the infertile egg over the fer
tile.
II a fertile egg is placed in an incu-
bator at a temperature of 1913 and kept
there for a week it will have developed
have taken definite form. 1t is days
past the possibility of use. II an in
fertile egg is subjected to the same
temperatures at the end of the week it
will still be unaffected by them. The
additional stay in the nest, the trip to
town in the back of the wagon. the
wait on the station platform. could
have been endured by an infertile egg.
So the department has been carrying
forward an active campaign for the
elimination of the rooster after the
season for raising chicks Is past. The
farmers are responding rapidly. In
Missouri last year 1t is claimed that
marketed after the season for setting
hens. In many states roast the
rooster" clubs have been formed. \
material effect IL in this way being
produced upon the keeping qualities OF
the egg crop.
The second stage in the campaign -
to induce the groceryman to buy sggA
on test instead of accepting all coma
ers. If eggs were bought In this wayA
1t would be possible for him to pay 8
better price for "firsts," their actual
value for seconds and throw away
those that are entirely bad. His egg
transactions would be placed on a bust.
ness basis. The greatest benefit would
probably accrue from the inducements
that would be given the farmer to
maintain the quality of his eggs and
the premium he would receive when he
did so.
When the experts get as far as the
central egg dealer, who ships in large
lots. they have other lessons to teach
In the first place, they want him to
save that one egg in the dozen that
is so often broken. If his eggs are
packed with the proper care, If there
are no injured or broken cardboartis,
il the crates have not loosened. there
are unlikely to be any losses from this
score. These points may be assured
by exercising proper care.
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Then there is the important matter
of preceding, which is emphasized ut
this point. III the
The Value of eggs are put into
a refrigerator ear
Preceding Eggs. without having
been cooled, there is heat in them that
will remain, in part, for week. The
refrigerator car is not especially de-
signed to remove this heat from the
eggs Immediately. and every hour that
a degree of heat above so remains in
an egg It hastens It toward unf1tness
for use.
Therefore the preceding plant has
frigerator, which makes it possible to
ne MI or MI
through the eggs. 1t reduces their
temperature below so degrees in twen-
ty-four hours and stops DETERIORATION
an end that would have required a
week in the refrigerator car. The de-
partment urges the Importance of max.
ing a preceding plant a part of the
establishment of any extensive dealeR
in eggs.
The most energetic step that the de.
these points homo has been putting
into the field an egg demonstration car.
This car is especially designed to show
every step in the proper handling of
eggs on their course toward the ultl-
mate consumer. 1t is today on the
road in the great egg-producing re-
gions Of the west. The farmers and
egg dealers of any community into
which it goes are Informed in advance
of the date upon which it will arrive.
It's course through Texas, Oklahoma
and Kansas has been marked by great
outpourings of interested parties. The
experts lecture upon the care of eggs.
They demonstrate the methods Of test
ing eggs and set forth the profits OF
proper care. The car contains a pre-
cooling plant that may be used as a
model by whoever would like to install
one. The whole story is told and ~
held to make a valuable impression cn
the egg producers OF whatever con-
the car enters.