Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1918 — How to Candle Eggs. [ARTICLE]

How to Candle Eggs.

If you are going to put away some summer-laid eggs for winter use—as, of course, you are, it being both a patriotic and a personal duty—you will need to exercise considerable care that only good eggs are put in the waterglass or limewater container. One bad egg is likely to destroy several others. By consistently gathering the eggs when they are fresh, most of the danger of storing bad eggs is avoided, but since it is necessary to hold the eggs until a sufficient number is accumulated to fill the container, and since some eggs are imperfect when they are laid, candling, where it can be done without too much trouble and delay might well be practiced. The United States department of agriculture has just issued a bulletin on “How to Candle Eggs.” The text is brief and direct and is illustrated with colored plates showing the way in which an egg should appear before the candle, 1 together with the various ways it should not appear. The bulletin was written by Dr. M. E. Pennington, chief of the food research laboratory, assisted by M. K. Jenkins, bacteriologist, and H. M. P. Betts, artist It should be of great use, not only to persons putting away eggs for home use, but as well, for all those who desire to establish or maintain a reputation for delivering eggs in perfect condition.