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to prevent the running together of the yolk and white, owing to the softening of the 

 skin or envelope surrounding the yollv. Possibly from 50 per cent to 70 per cent of 

 the eggs examined might be used for some classes of cooking, but certainly 30 per 

 cent of them were thoroughly bad and totally unfit for human consumption in any 

 form. The slightly ' alkaline ' taste and odour and the distinctly disagreeable appear- 

 ance of even the best of these eggs would entirely prevent their use on the table. 



This has been, of course, a most severe test. Thirteen months at ordinary room 

 temperatures constitute conditions not frequently required to be met, yet the saturated 

 lime-water has under them proved itself a very satisfactory preservative and more 

 especially so when the eggs are non-fertilized. 



May 21, 1907. 



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