TONIC EGGS

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 19, 17 October 1907, Page 2

TONIC EGGS

, HENS THAT LAID* MEDICINE. This Ameiican yarn is said to be true:— " Mr. A. G. Brown, of New Jersey, attended a Ifccture by a medical export, whose object was to demonstrate that the tonic chemicals natural in food urc far more oasily assimilated than tho sam 6 tonic chemicals rt'hen given in liquid form or in pills. Impressed with tho influence which a ben's reeding has on its eggs, he decided to go in or a new line—actually to seo if ho could liako his hens produce medicinal eggs. First le tried to produce an iron egg by giving a y'ard full of liens a special iron tonic food vater discolored with rusty iron, finely cut ilover (which 'plant contains much iron) and nica grit (which is rich in magnesium, iron, md potassium) for their gizzards. In a •ery little time tho fowls -were producing'eggs vitli an intensely red yolk, and when he sent lomo of these to a chemist for analysis the mthority declared them to bo eggs of high uedicinal value, since they were iron tonio ood of a new and invaluable kind. The •est of tho eggs went to market with tho lertificate, sale or return, and' tho poultrynan asked £1 a dozen. He sold the consignlient with case. Mr. Brown then gained inormation regarding lecithin, the colourloss •iscolis phosphorised fat of a healthy hen's igg, which is a tisuo builder for children, and l matchless diet for invalids.. He found later hat only some eggs are charged with this onstituent, and that most of them have very ittlej so ho set to work to produce an egg ich in phosphorus. liens ho regarded merely is chemical machines which turn food into igg substance, so ho fed ono yardful of liens argely on fmoly mashed animal bones and ishbonos, and to this diet added meat scraps, linseed and flaxseed are rich in oils, so tho iceds wero fed liberaly to tho hens. Tho result fas eggs exceedingly rich in phosphoric fat, md these, when assisted by a certificate liko ho last, fetched the same -money. They were n fact ,bought ' mostly by Now York society roinen, sojourning at a near resort, who loped by tho oating of tho magic eggs to rc>air tho ravages of recent social campaigns. The natural tint of tho yolk'is yellow, pale o chrome, but tho iron tonic egg evolved hrough Mr. Brown's experiments has a yolk rhich is dark carmino red.