COMMEECIAL EGGS liT THE CENTEAL WEST. 
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PL TV). During the breaking- care was exercised to eliminate all 
eggs showing signs of mixing of white and yolk. For example, from 
Sample 4842 one egg was discarded ; from 4891 twenty-two eggs, and 
from 4919 a larger number. The number of discards gives, perhaps, 
an index to the bacterial contents, for, as shown by Table 24, Sample 
4842 contained 900,000 organisms per gram ; Sample 4891, 8,300,000 ; 
Sample 4910, 24,000,000. The amount of anmioniacal nitrogen in the 
first sample was practically the same as that found in August checks, 
dirties, and seconds; the quantity in the other two samples was 
slightly higher. The odor and taste of the liquid product was good 
in every case. 
Table 24. — Small samples of eggs having the yolk adhering to the shell. 
SLIGHTLY ADHERENT. 
Sample 
No. 
Source. 
Date of 
collec- 
tion. 
Number of bacteria 
per gram at— 
Number 
of gas- 
producing 
bacteria 
per gram 
in 
lactose 
bile. 
Gelatin 
liquefying 
organisms 
per gram. 
Percentage of 
ammoniacal 
nitrogen, 
Folin method. 
Per 
cent- 
age of 
mois- 
ture. 
Size of 
sample. 
20° C. 
37° C. 
Wet 
basis. 
Dry 
basis. 
4842 
F5 
D5 
E6 
1912. 
July 26 
Aug. 1 
Aug. 6 
900,000 
8,300,000 
24,000,000 
750,000 
5,800,000 
2, 700, 000 
100 

100 
0.0022 
.0024 
.0024 
0.0077 
.0088 
.0086 
71.37 
72.72 
72.10 
6J doz. 
4891 
^ lbs. 
lib. 
4919 
tIEAVILY ADHEKENT. 
4422 
4841 
D2 
F5 
May 28 
July 26 
30,000,000 
150,000,000 
21,000,000 
120,000,000 

1,000,000 
in 10,000 
0. 0049 
.0031 
0.0179 
.0108 
72.69 
71.25 
4 eggs. 
5 doz. 
For comparative study two samples of eggs with yolks heavily 
adherent to the shell and sometimes called by the trade "cellar stucks" 
were selected by candling. The portion of the yolk which clung to 
the shell when its contents were emptied was not removed. The 
product had an abnormal and offensive odor. Table 24 shows that 
the bacterial counts, as well as the percentage of ammoniacal nitrogen, 
were higher than those found in the first type, where the yolks were 
slightly adherent to the shell. 
A sample of three eggs with adherent yolks, which had become 
moldy, contained 7,200,000 bacteria per gram and 0.0022 per cent of 
ammoniacal nitrogen. If this sample had included " moldy spots " 
with offensive odors the laboratory results would show much more 
decomposition. 
Further studies will be made of spot eggs. The results cited, how- 
ever, indicate that these eggs should not be used in a product pre- 
pared for food purposes. 
