POULTRY KEEPING 629 



therein. It is advantageous to begin to use the water glass eggs for 

 cooking purposes soon after the price of eggs has reached the original 

 price plus the price of preserving, usually not more than two or three 

 cents, and to use them the remainder of the year until the eggs reach 

 that price the following spring. 



In this way the maximum saving will be made although it will 

 necessitate preserving more eggs. Too many people wait until eggs 

 get to be thirty-five cents a dozen before they use the water glass eggs. 

 In this way they save only a part of what might have been saved had 

 they preserved more eggs and begun using them earlier. The shrink- 

 age should be less than one per cent if the eggs are good and properly 

 handled. The preservative should not be used for more than one 

 year, 



