REPORT STATE DAIRY COMMISSIONER 468 



AVERAGE PRICE PAID TO IOWA FARMERS FOR EGGS ON 



THE FIRST DAY OF EACH MONTH OF THE 



YEARS SHOWN 



Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 



There is only one method for distinguishing good eggs from bad 

 ones, or which can be used for the purpose of grading, and that method 

 is candling. Of the numerous devices sold for this purpose, the single 

 hole or two hole candle operated in a darkened room has proven the 

 most satisfactory. Devices designed for handling more than one egg 

 at a time permit mistakes and carelessness to creep in and, as far as this 

 department is concerned, their use is not advised. 



Rules and Regulations Governing Licensed Egg Dealers. 



1. The first licensed buyer of eggs (the huckster, the local retail 

 merchant, or others) shall candle every lot of eggs that he buys (this 

 should be done before settlement is made). 



2. The licensee shall discard all eggs known as "addled," "moldy", 

 "black-rots," "white-rots," "blood rings," "adherent yolks," eggs with 

 bloody or green whites, eggs incubated beyond "blood ring" stage and 

 all other eggs commonly classed as inedible. 



3. The licensee shall pay only for good, edible eggs. 



4. The licensee shall return to the producer, if requested or if 

 possible, the "rejects" for the producer's own examination. 



5. The good eggs shall be kept in a cool, dry place until sold or 

 shipped. 



6. Eggs should be shipped to cold storage within forty-eight 

 hours. If held longer than forty-eight hours they must be recandled 

 before shipping unless they are kept at a temperature of less than 

 sixty degrees Fahrenheit. If kept at a temperature of from forty to 

 sixty they must be recandled if held more than seven days-. If kept be- 

 low forty degrees no recandling is necessary. 



7. Eggs known as "large hatch spots," "heavily shrunken eggs," 

 "settled yolks," and "leaking eggs," are fit for consumption but will not 

 stand transportation. They should be used only by the home com- 

 munity. 



8. All "checks" and "cracks" shell eggs should be shipped in 

 cases stenciled that they contain crack or check shell eggs. 



