KEEPING EGGS.

Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5192, 7 September 1885, Page 2

KEEPING EGGS.

There are probably a hundred ways suggested for keeping eggs, bat in this connection we will remind our readers that hens will lay without the presence of cocks, and such eggs being infertile, will keep three times as long as those used for hatching purposes. Place the eggs in * box small enough to be turned orer occasionally, such as a soap or a candle box. or in a barrel. Pack in such a manner that the barrel can ba rolled one half round. It makes but little difference whether they are packed on aides or cads. Common salt is excellent as a packing material, and so is oats, but the pats should be well dried. Dry earth, sifted fine, is excellent, and so is charcoal flour. Kiln dried sawdust will answer, and also finely Btfted coal ashes. We men* tion these different articles because they may be adapted to different sections. Place on the bottom of the box an inch of the packing material, and then pnt down a layer of eggs, no egg touching another, and fill the spaces between them. Pack tightly until the receptacle is full, and then press the head close upon the% material, so that the contents cannot shake. Now place the box or barrel in • location of even temperature, or rather, where it will not be too warm or too cool, but dry, such as a cellar. Tarn the box or barrel two or three times a week, and the eggs should keep well for six months or more. The best plan is to paok a dozen eggs, and open an egg every month, which will gire »good indication of the length of time they will keep.-* " Farm and Fireside."