Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1880 — How to Tell Eggs that are Eggs. [ARTICLE]

How to Tell Eggs that are Eggs.

A good egg will sink in water. A boiled egg which is done will drv quickly on the shell when taken from the kettle. The boiled eggs which adhere to the shells are fresh laid. After an egg is laid a day or more, the shell comes off easily wheu boiled. A fresh egg has a lime-like surface to its shell. Stale. eggs are glassy and smooth of shell. - ' Eggs which have been packed in lime look stained and show the action of the lime on the surface. ~ Eggs packed in bran for a long time smell and taste musty. With the aid of the hands, or a piece of paper rolled in funnel-shape and held towanl the light, the human eye can look through an egg, shell and all. If the egg ia clear and golden in appearance when heltKto the ligtb, it is good; if dark or spotted, it is bad. The badness of an egg can sometimes be told by shaking it near the holder's ear,