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BULLETIN 51, /U. S. DEPARTMENT OE AGRICULTUEE. 
During the interval between May 4 and August 30, 1912, 9 sam- 
ples of whites, 9 of yolks, and 25 of whole eggs were taken from 
the product obtained from seconds, the different lots varying in size 
from 6 to 30 dozen eggs. During the process of breaking care was 
taken to discard all eg'^gs which, from appearance or odor, were 
abnormal. The first five samples given in Table 15 under the sec- 
tion devoted to whole eggs, and the first four in the part assigned 
to whites and yolks, represent the product broken from small and 
oversized eggs. The maximum count of organisms per gram was 
34,000 in the whole eggs and 85,000 in the whites and yolks. 
The counts of the product from small and oversized eggs were 
no higher than those found in the liquid eggs broken from July and 
August firsts ; in fact, the amount of ammoniacal nitrogen in the for- 
mer was lower. The chemical results show, therefore, that the con- 
tents of the spring seconds were fresher than the summer firsts. 
The samples taken after June 1, 1912, represent the small and 
oversized eggs sorted from receipts by inspection and also those 
showing inci]3ient deterioration as observed by the candle. An 
observation of the laboratory results in Table 15 shows a general 
trend toward higher bacterial counts and greater amounts of am- 
moniacal nitrogen as the season advances. 
T\BLE 15. — Seconds. 
WHOLE EGGS. 
Total number of 
Percentage 
bacteria per 
Number 
of ammoni- 
gram 
on plain 
of gas- 
acal nitro- 
Per- 
3ara- 
Source. 
Date of 
collec- 
tion. 
agar incubated 
at— 
produc- 
mg bac- 
teria per 
gram in 
lactose 
bile. 
gen, Folin 
method. 
cent- 
age of 
mois- 
ture. 
Size of 
sample. 
Remarks. 
20° C. 
37° C. 
Wet 
basis. 
Dry 
basis. 
1912. 
4245 
F 1 
May 4 
May 6 
May 7 
do 
300 
750 
10! 
15 dozen. .. 
4249 
D 1 
D 1 
1,100 
150 
400 
10,0. 0016 0. 0048 
■66."23 
...do 
...do 
4259 
400 
10 
4264: 
D 1 
34, OCO 
23,500 
600 
Oi 
...do 
4411 
D 2 
May "27" 
June 19 
17 000 
10 000! 
10 pounds. 
6 dozen 
4578 
D3 
300 
' 
. 0016 
.0059 
'73 .'66 
4633 
F4 
June 28 
2,500 
950 

.0020 
.0068 
70.45 
...do 
4694 
D4 
July 9 
27,500 
21,000 
1,000 
.0021 
.0079 
73.35 
12 dozen... 
4697 
D 4 
do. 
5,200 
10, 500 
300 

.0021 
.0075 
71.81 
4708 
D4 
July 16 
9,900 
1,000 
.0019 
.0067 
71.84 
12 dozen... 
4710 
D4 
...do 
3,200 
2,100 

.0015 
.0055 
72.75 
15 dozen. . . 
4803 
F5 
July 22 
110,000 
93, 000 
100 
.0023 
.0083 
72.38 
...do 
4^33 
F5 
July 24 
(') 
4,000 
1,000 
. 0018 
.0059 
69. 39 
...do 
4945 
EG 
Aug. 9 
850, 000 
7,000 

.0023 
.0084 
72. 63 
6 dozen 
4957 
F6 
Aug. 12 
66, 000 
38,500 
10 
.0015 
.0050 
70. 16 
30 dozen... 
4972 
re 
Aug. 14 
750, 000 
550, 000 

.0017 
. 0061 
72. 30 
...do 
41002 
D6 
Aug. 19 
2,000 
Gin 1,000 

.0020 
.0072 
72.31 
24 dozen... 
41018 
D6 
Aug. 20 
600, 000 
550, 000 
100 
.0018 
.0057 
68. 25 
25 pounds. 
41019 
D6 
...do 
39, 500 
24, 000 
...do 
41029 
DO 
Aug. 21 
320, 000 
270, 000 
"m,m 
...do 
41031 
D6 
...do 
500, 000 
500, 000 
100 
'.'66i7 
'.'ootd 
'72.' 53 
24 dozen... 
41060 
E 7 
Aug. 26 
1, 800, 000 
700, 000 
10 
.0020 
.0074 
72.98 
30 dozen... 
41070 
E 7 
Aug. 27 
3, 600, 000 
1, 600, 000 
10 
72. 7V 
...do 
41086 
E7 
Aug. 30 
430,000 
55, 000 
100 .0020 
'.'6695 
72.56 
...do 
11 
.ess than 
1,000. 
