Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-07
Good Time to Put
Eggs in Storage

| wonderful lamp, Eggs put IN II now
| can be taken out next fall and win
ter when high prices return, and II
! Is not unlikely they will double In
! price in that time. Farmers and
poul,rymen. especially city jewellers
| who keep poultry are being urged by
| poultry specialists of the United States
| department of agriculture to preserve
eggs in waterglase solution this spring
| and early summer when they are
| relatively cheap, for use during the
| fall and winter when they are rela-
| lively scarce and high in price. This
| plan is meeting with ready ana wide
! spread response, as has been shown
! by demands for information as to how
TO preserve eggs. and by reports re-
ceived from druggists who have noted
la marked increase in their sales OF
| waterglass. Poultry specialists say
/ that there will be a great increase In
! the number of eggs preserved tins
! season as compared TO former years.
! This is Of benefit to the producer ana
to the consumer alike II Dement'S the
| producer because IL stimulates the
I consumption Of eggs which usually
! falls of during the period of highest
/ price. and it benefits the consumer oE
making il possible for him to have
good. wholesome eggs for liberal use
during the season. Of high prices.
! Freshly laid eggs with clean. whole
shells that have not been wet show
necl:gible loss in bad eggs, even after
ten or eleven months in storage. I'M
perfections in commercial handling
grading. and marketing previous to.
storage are mainly responsible for bad
eggs developing after storage.
Those are two conclusions reached
bv specialists Of the department OF
agriculture as the result of series OF
governments with cold-storage eggs
recently reported. The eggs were
rr7duced mainly in the middle west
and All were stored in warehouses In
the east. Other conclusions reached
, are as follows:
Preservation in the shell Of under
Grade eggs. including those That are
CITY. cracked. leaking. heated, or
ste,a. should not 5e attempted. Il not
marketed for prompt consumption.
the contents should ne removed under
proper conditions and frozen. Inc
frozen product Will Keep in good con
6i.;on Tor q wear or more where there
wnpI6 be a marked loss by spoilage IN
few, months If the eggs were stored
IN the shell.
S,r.nr eggs on the market are
l,,.,-s,r,- <resher than summer eggs, and
t,- mar reason keep better in storage.
Most Of the eggs stored are produced
in the spring.
Selection Method inefficient.
rF
from current receipts by Inspection,
and hy clicking to determine cTacheu
shells is inefficient Cases OF com
merc:al spring Hrsts,' sorted ny TINS
method showed. when ready 10 -
ken 10 the storage house. an average
~ ~ cracked eggs and ore leaking
err n the case Gambling is mucA
nn-e accurate method Of selecting
e-rs suitable for storage. cases OF
! "e,-;n- frsts" graded by Gambling ci1
not average more than three cracAeu
eggs 70 the case when ready TOT s'oi
&c When examined after seven 70
eleven months in storage. eggs seiectcH
Nv clicking showed an average totai
IIoss nf 49, bad eggs per case, While
| -bose selected by Gambling showed q
! total average loss OF seven eggs Pc.
| case =.
! Of the average Of 1S.5 bad eggs 20
| the case of eggs when selection was
/ 1sse5 on clicking. after long per1odS
! IN storage. 9 were due 10 direct spol-
/ age Of damaged eggs or 10 their con
-amiDat:on Of neighboring eggs D'
rnoI6irg. The deterioration OF the nal-
o,ce was charged 70 de!eterious pre-
/ s-orage conditions, such as dirty
stained washed or heated eggs, man!
~ which could have been eliminated
! 5y Gambling.
Changed During Storage.
The rate Of evaporation OF molsloie
! from eggs was remarkably UNIFORM
/ during the storage period. a'eras lil7
{ from 2 70 1 ounces a case a monlh III
all OF the storage rooms under oDsel-
! va-fon. The moisture evaporated from
| the eggs is condensed on the brine
| pIpes and absorbed by the air' case
| ami 15iietz. Sfost CT the absorption OF
moisture BY the egg package occurs
! during the tirst few months in s'orase
! Eggs that are fresh when stored
! show after storing an increased ar
! soace and often a t!nge OF yellow III
the white. The yoik membrane IL
slightly weakened. but commeTclai
scDarat!on into white and yolk 10
easily accom- pl:shed, even after II
J months in storage.
The percentage Of ammoniacai
nitrogen In eggs increases during stor-
age, the rise being fastest in the carry
part of the storage period. The amount
Of arnoniacal nitrogen in eggs is
good index Of chemical deterioration.
Present evidence indicates that the
! cold stora ge taste which begins 10 &C.
velop about the seventh :3c-tn IN
storage. and becomes stronger the
longer the eggs are stored is due 10
the absorption Of doors from the sur
rounding environment and particularly
from the strawboard filters. Expert
ments to prevent absorption Of the
taste from the filters are In progress.
Plant Enough Seed Corn.
The advice about PLANT one kernel
for the blackbird. one for the crow.
one for the cutworn. and two to grow
is just as appropriate now as ever. IL
is never advisable to plant weak SEED
and it is the height OF folly to attempt
in alone for the weakness of the seed
-. r,I.,+ing cunera hun dance as ir