The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-01
By MRS. JOHN C. MOSES
 Mississippi City. Miss.

Mississippi City, Miss. The process of preserving eggs in sod ium silicate-water glass-is known to who are a bit hay regarding the details. A home demonstration agent was in her
 office last summer busiIy working when the telephone rang. An anxious feminine voice was on the other end of the line. Are you the home demonstration agent? We'll, I heard you were stelling people how to put up eggs so they keep
 we'll. I heard it was in water glasses. I wanted to ask about it. I haven't enough water glasses to put up many and can't afford to buy them for that pur-
 pose, but I have a lot of jelly glasses
 that I thought I could use. You see, we
 didn't have much fruit to make jelly of this year. Do the glasses have to have covers?'
 During spring and early summer, when eggs are abundant and reasonable in price, attention should be given to pre- serving them for winter use. Fresh eggs properly preserved may be kept for eight
 
 and used with good results Eggs laid in April, May or early June have been found to keep better than those laid later in the season
 If satisfactory results are to be ob- tained, the eggs shiuld be fresh and clean, and, if possible, infertie Eggs that float when placed in the solution are not fresh and therefore cannot be preserved. When an egg is only slightly Ia1 cl~ 1,,. can be used to remove the stains. Under nc. circumstances should badly soiled eggs be used for preserving; if put into the jar while dirty they will spoil, and washing removes a protective coating which prevents spelling. A good method for the preservation of eggs is the use of sodium silieate or water glass. If the price of sodium sii- cate is about 90 cents quart eggs may be preserved at cost of approximately ? cents a dozen. It is not desirable to use the water glass solution a second time.
 Use one quart of sodium silicate to nine quarts of water that has been boiled and
 cooled. Place the mixture in i've gallon crock or jar. This will be suf- ficient to preserve fifteen dozen eggs, and will serve as guide for the quantity needed to preserve larger numbers os eggs.
 The crock should be cleaned thoroughly and then sealed and allowed to dry sfeat a quantity of water to the boiling point and allow it to cool
 When cool. measure out nine quarts of water, place it in the crock and add one quart of sodium silicate, stirring the mix ture thoroughly
 i, The eggs should be placed in the solu- ton. If sufficient eggs are not obtain able when the solution is first made, ad- ditional eggs may be added from time to time. Be careful to allow at least two inches of the solution to cover the eggs at all times.
 Place the crock containing the preserved eggs in a cool dry place, well covered to prevent evaporation. Waxed paper tied around the top of the crock will answer this purpose.
 The following method of ridding hen houses of mites and lice, when the weather conditions are such as to per init of the birds being kept outside the house for five or six hours, is recom- mended
 Close all the doors and windows and see that there are no cracks or any other openings to admit air. Set an iron vessel on gravel or sand near the center of the house. Place in the vessel a handful of shavings or straw saturated with kero- Hsene and on these sprinkle sulphur at the rate of about one pound to every % .109 square feet of floor space. Instead of using the shayngs and kerosene. the sul- pLur may be saturated with wood alcohol
 When everything else is in readiness, light the material and hastily leave the house. In case any anxiety is felt aboue fire, a glance through window will show whether everything is all right. There is very little danger of fire when proper precautions have been taken to have plenty of soil beneath the vessel After three or four hours, throw all the doors