Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-20
EGGS IN A
SOLUTION OF WATER GLASS
Owners of Backward Flocks
Should Store Their Surplus
for Next Winter.
Very Little Equipment is Re
uuired and the Risks Are
Slight.
ny Robert Armstrong
Fxpert potiltryman and Writer

Half Of the yearly egg supply IS
produced in March. April. May and
June II is the season Of over
production. when more eggs are laid
Than are consumed. Backyard
poultry raisers and others should
take advantage of this situation. and
store the surplus eggs against the
period of under production. II Is
Just as practicable TO preserve eggs
as il is to preserve fruits ana FeRe
tables. and n whole lot easier. Now Is
the time TO do this, when prices are
low.
A few weeks ago the wholesale prices
on fresh eggs dropped twenty-five
cent a dozen IN one days trading
IN aomc Of the large eastern citi"s. m
| six davs the prices dropped over thirty
/ cents a dozen Why Because u was
! tbe opculnp nf the scason OF over-pro-
! lnefion There had been a spell oi nlId
weather. the hens started to lay lrcely,.
and alpplics came into the wholesale
uarkcta IN largo quantities shipment
+ cafnc IN fnStcr then they cnlid bc 8b-
earI1cd on tho basis of winter prices.
hd fell of and the prices saggcd hcaVllF,
result q break N the egg Inark't. Af
cardfnp to the reports Il was the shafpest
hff8k IN I1Nf1 ffti =
bricf period
s.ullar situation takes place cHery
year Iug production Is not UNIFORM
md # ticyrr Will he equally distributed
~t,rlng 4 the natural period tor cgR pro
.l5fetinn and for about four months
commencing with the first week ~ March
b.6 ~ plr yearly supply of eggs IS pro
duced Far tho balance of the year
production Z light. and during th' al
and carly winter months # i almost NJ
rben II Is that the prlce4 on frrsh cgg7
a,ar. Farmer produc" practically no
epgs during cold weather, tb' aVh'iao'
supplies ARE mostly from commercial
poultry plants
WHY sACRrFtf FGGs
s., long a. eggs arc traded IN on the
f.4-la af tho law of supply and demand
rrIcrs Ar gong - ho low ~ tn" aprng
THe markets arc then glutted alfh nGgs
80 ~ speak. and 70 hnd an outlet ioi
, ibrfn tia bulk IF the -hIpmen's must
% into storage
] backward poultry raisers and iArrner'
z uilI Gpd II ~ their advantage - enfel
tEis field If only to meet the demands
II af tic boI6c fablc WhN sacTflc" voul
rggs At low prices ~ = glntted market
s when yoli might mst a- we'll -tore Their
If hornr. and use tins surplus later On
The professional egR dealer hnds
& prnhts.I.Ic ta store eggs. Nhy not get y
4 3n TINS u4fnr2 VERY little equipment J
Il rcoture.l and the RISKS arr small pro
vlding certain precautions arc taken
Il It = not necessary to store ne cgg
) III "a once you can put them down
T feV nj 3 ttmr every day, ts FnH gc
them Preserving eggs Is is 1Impie
E urcservIug frlnls And where Is thfrc
! woman sho does not take pride ~ diS
rl4vlng + 7torproom or cupboard lille
> with rows II leiies. Jams and othe
z ] oaatIlc-f She regards preserving aS
mart II rood housekeeping, much n
{, same ~ cooking and cleaning
+ The home preservation Of eggs = 2
= no means q new practice II has bee
n Observed for vears Unfortunately onl
2. ;. few housewives have taken advantag
ii of this opportunity 10 make worti
or while saving. The chief reason for IN
2 oversight is THAT the average housewll
r, does not knox about It. Or Il she "a
Il heard al IT, she regards It With skep0
ISM. or as being difficult 10 carry on
:, These fears are groundless. Is We sha
9 see
=. PRINCIPLES oF pRESERv ATOM
ee To fully understand the keeping qua
,tieS of eggs. one should have some know
. gdEe ~ iAcii Ntt H' IA
IL l4id it Il practically free from the ba
T., terra whirh cause decomposition, but
y Is very susceptible % these mlcro-orga
i SINS. which gam their entrance throu'
h the pores in the shell he rhiei sour
IA 81 injection Is dirty or damp nests.
~ Feg9 resemble milk IN that they OF
an excellent breeding place Tor paett7
y development they spoil readily wn'
re exposed to insantarv conditions,
= shell of the egg j, porous 10 admit {
= passage Of AR when the egg Is hatchie
m - that the embryo may breathe; .
III tins shell - coated with mlclIagno
II substance sometimes spoken 81 ~
- bloom of An egg, winch prevents
III entrance of bacteria, unless The coat
y Is very old, vet, softcncd by moiStu
or rubbed of by careless handling
Obviously. 1t IS poor practice
m wash eggs. or to hold them IN daF
H. pIa.ts. and il Is equally bad 10 cxpo