Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1911 — AGE STAMPED ON EVERY EGG [ARTICLE]

AGE STAMPED ON EVERY EGG

Nebraskan Has Bill to Prevent Bale •of Bad Nest Produce —Heavy Penalty Asked. __ \ Omaha, Neb. —Senator Busby of Kimball county has a bill to be introduced In the Nebraska legislature to stop the marketing of bad eggs. It has been passed upon by the best lawyers In Nebraska, who say that If It becomes a law Its provisions can be Enforced. The Busby bill provides for an'egg marking system, the purpose being to keep an accurate record of their freshness. To prevent fraud, heavy penalties are provided for false marking In •ny manner. Two years ago an attempt was made to pass an egg marking law, but a majority of the Nebraska lawmakers frowned upon the bill, as 4t provided for an automatic device in the nest where the egg was deposited. The proposed law turns everything Over to rubber stamps and the persons manipulating them. The proposed pure egg law will provide that when a farmer gathers Vis eggs he shall stamp each one, using indelible Ink that the letters And figures thereon shall show the date on which the egg was laid. Then when the egg goes to market tha dealer on each egg purchased shall stamp the date on which it came into his possession. No egg shall be Sold within the state, from cold storage or otherwise, that Is more than sixty days old. Penalties are provided for selling eggs that are more aged, and penalties are also provided for changing the dates am an egg.