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PRESERVING EGGS FOR MARKET, 89 
PACKING EGGS FOR WINTER. 
Of the various methods practised for preserving 
eggs for winter use, one of the most effective is that 
employed by the dealers who buy when the supply is 
large and prices low. This is as follows: Brick vats, 
Fig, 51 —var to? PICKLING TGGS, 
or wooden tanks, are constructed in cool dry cellars, 
partly sunk below the level of.the floor, as in Figure 51, 
the dotted lines showing vhe portion below the ground. 
These vats and tanks,—or casks, which may be used in- 
stead,—are partly filled with a preservative mixture of 
Fig. 52.—z@e@ LADLE. 
thick lime-water, or milk of lime, to which are some- 
times added salt and a small quantity of cream of tar- 
tar (bi-tartrate of potash), and the eggs are placed in 
this mixture and kept covered. The eggs are placed in 
the tank by means of a peculiar dipper (Fig. 52), made 
of a round, shaliow ‘iz van, with a iong nandie, the ip 
