Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1915 — EGG “DON'TS” GUARD AGAINST PENALTIES [ARTICLE]

EGG “DON'TS” GUARD AGAINST PENALTIES

State Food Commissioner Issues Bulletin Warning Farmers to Carry On Industry Within Law. The interesting bulletin recently issued by the state food and drug commissioner is one in which all persons should be interested, especially those who are interested in the poultry industry. The Indiana law forbids the sale or offering for sale of eggs unfit for human food. Section 2, chapter 104, acts 1907, says: “If it consists in any proportion of a filthy, diseased, decomposed, putrid or rotten animal or vegetable substance, etc.” The penalties provided are: First offense, fine of $lO to S3O. Second offense, $25 to SIOO. Third offense, SIOO and thirty to ninety days’ imprisonment. To avoid the penalties of this pure food law, all dealers have been required to candle all eggs since May 1, 1915, and to throw out all spots, blood rings and rots. The bulletin makes the following, suggestions to the farmers: Sell eggs on the loss-off basis. Provide plenty of clean, dry nests for your hens. Gather the eggs daily in cool weather and twice a day in hot or rainy weather. Do not wash eggs. Use the dirty and small eggs at home. Don’t sell incubator eggs. They are bad. Market your eggs daily if possible. If not, every other day. Don’t sell eggs which were found in stolen nests. Keep the eggs out of the sun when taking them to town. Don’t keep eggs. near oil, onions, etc., as they readily absorb odors. Kill or sell all roosters as soon as the'hatching season is over.