PRESERVATION OF EGGS

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Aug 21, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 34.

PRESERVATION OF EGGS.

The results of experiments made recently in Germany on various modes of keeping eggs are published in the Markthallen Zeitung (Berlin). Fresh eggs were taken in June last, treated for preservation in various ways, and examined in February with the following results, which speak for themselves:—

METHOD.	PERCENTAGE SPOILED.
Kept in salt water	100
Wrapped in paper	80
In a mixture of salicylic acid and glycerin	80
Rubbed with salt	70
Painted with salicylic acid and glycerin	70
Dipped 12 to 15 seconds in boiling water	50
Dipped in a solution of alum	50
Dipped in a solution of salicylic acid	50
Painted with silicate of potassium	40
Painted with collodion	40
Kept in wood ashes	20
Varnished with gum-lac	20
Treated with permanganate of potassium	20
With a mixture of boric acid and silicate of potassium	20
Covered with vaseline	0
Kept in lime-water	0
Kept in a solution of silicate of potassium	0