Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 February 1887 — To Tell the Age of Eggs. [ARTICLE]

To Tell the Age of Eggs.

We recommend the following process, which has been known for some time, but has been forgotten, for finding out the age of eggs and distinguishing those that are fresh from those that are not. This method is based upon the decrease in the density of eggs as they grow old: Dissolve two ounces of salt in a pint of water. When a fresh laid egg is placed in this solution it will descend to the bottom of the vessel, while one that has been laid on the day previous will not quite reach the bottom. If the egg be three days old it will swim in the liquid, and if it is more than three days old it will float on the surface, and project above the latter more and more in proportion as it is older.— Chicago News. In the United States Senate, during a recent debate, Senator Vest, of Missouri', paid a high tribute to the merits of St. Jacobs Oil. Other prominent men have also found it prompt in its cure of rheumatism and neuralgia. Price, fifty cents a bottle.