22 EGGS IN COLD STOKAGK. 



30 F., with the same relative humidity, it would hold 

 but 1.47 grains. This great difference in the amount 

 of moisture contained in the air at different temper- 

 atures, and still having the same relative humidity, 

 has as radical an effect on the growth of fungus 

 as does the difference in temperature. This is no 

 mere theory, as the writer has demonstrated it, to his 

 own satisfaction, at least, during- several seasons' 

 observation. If it is hoped to keep down the growth 

 of fungus in a temperature of 40 F. by maintaining an 

 Result of too atmosphere with a lower relative humidity, the result 

 r<Sm anef?? is a badly evaporated egg, which loses its vitality and 

 value very rapidly when held in storage for a term 

 exceeding three or four months; the white becomes 

 thin and watery, with a strong tendency to develop 

 "spot" rotten eggs. As the fullness or absence of 

 evaporation is of only secondary consideration to their 

 sweetness, when eggs are tested by buyers, it is 

 necessary to prevent this trouble if the eggs turned 

 out from storage are to be considered first-class. 

 humwit r y l not v& From the foregoing it seems clear that to turn out 

 sweet eggs at a temperature of 40 F. it is necessary 

 to maintain a lower relative humidity than at any tem- 

 perature lower, and the result cannot fail to be as de- 

 scribed. The writer has already given a summary of 

 the replies to the questions relating to humidity, which 

 are few in number, and not very complete. A little 

 is better than nothing, however, and by comparing 

 his own data with the results obtained by others, and 

 paying careful attention to their opinions, the follow- 

 ing table of correct humidity for a given temperature 

 in egg rooms has been compiled. There are no data on 

 the subject in print, so far as known, and no claim for 

 absolute accuracy is made in presenting this first 

 effort in that direction, but as the figures are taken 

 from actual results, no great mistake can be made by 

 depending on them. The percentages of humidity 

 given are modified, to some extent, by the intensity 



