WHAT IS A FRESH EGG? 49 



Diseased Meat to Eat 



Consider what in many instances this animal food 

 consists of, carcasses of glandered horses, tuberculous 

 cows, and putrid and maggoty meat. If a dish of 

 putrid beef were placed on the table before people 

 they would shrink back in horror, yet they will eat 

 eggs which have been produced by hens which have 

 been fed on these identical ingredients, apparently 

 entirely oblivious of the fact that the hen performs no 

 miracle in the production of an egg, but simply manu- 

 factures the egg from the materials, whatever they 

 may be, which she gathers into her system. 



As the Food, so the Egg 



The Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, says that while such con- 

 ditions undoubtedly do exist it cannot be proven that 

 such eggs are shipped from State to State, and that, 

 therefore, it does not come under the jurisdiction of 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission, and cannot 

 be controlled under the National Pure Food Law. 



What is needed, then, is to know that eggs are not 

 only fresh, but sanitary. The Corning Egg Farm 

 layers are fed the best quality of grains and meals 

 that can be procured. The animal food is supplied by 

 fresh, green bone, cut and prepared daily. This bone 

 comes from inspected cattle only, and the Farm is 

 equipped with a large freezing plant for the purpose 



