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years  I  have  read  the  various  agricul¬ 
tural  journals  I  do  not  remember  of  ser¬ 
ins  anything  about  the  old  and  reliable 
system  which  has  been  used  in  this  see- 
t'on  since  the  time  of  the  first  settlers. 
Eggs  put  in  lime  water  will  keep  for 
years,  and  with  lime  selling  for  nine  cents 
per  bushel  it  would  be  bard  to  find  any¬ 
thing  cheaper.  I  have  never  heard  of  any 
complaint  with  the  lime  water,  but  men¬ 
tion  it  out  of  curiosity  to  know  why  a 
method  so  simple  and  meritorious  is  not 
in  use.  n.  n.  n, 
El  verson,  I’a. 
Some  years  ago  the  lime  method  of 
keeping  eggs  was  unite  frequently  men¬ 
tioned.  At  one  time  The  R.'  N.-Y.  took 
charge  of  an  experiment  in  preserving 
eggs.  A  good  many  eggs  were  put  down 
in  various  ways,  and  the  great  majority 
used  salt  or  a  thick  lime  wash.  Roth 
methods  were  quite  effective,  but  the  most 
careful  experiment  seems  to  show  that 
the  lime  method  is  not  equal  to  (lie  water 
glass  method  for  keeping  the  eggs.  In 
fact  the  lime  method  is  rarely  mentioned 
now,  as  the  water  glass  is  considered  bet- 
ter  for  small  lots,  while  cold  storage  has 
entirely  taken  the  place  of  lime  and  salt 
for  keeping  large  quantities  of  the  eggs. 
While  it  is  possible  to  keep  sin  k  eggs  in 
lime  water  fairly  well,  they  are  not  on 
(lie  whole  as  satisfactory  in  our  experi¬ 
ence  as  those  properly  put.  away  in  the 
water  glass.  The  latter  is  more  expen¬ 
sive.  but  we  think  it  is  better.  The 
water  glass  method  consists  of  pouring 
one  part  of  water  glass  into  nine  parts  of 
cold  boiled  water.  This  is  put  into  a 
stone  crock  or  wooden  bucket,  and  clean, 
fresh  eggs  are  put  into  it  so  they  are 
covered  by  the  solution.  The  eggs  niii.it 
be  fresh  and  clean — infertile  if  possible. 
Old  and  stale  eggs  will  not  keep. 
When  you  write  advertisers  mention 
The  Rural  New-Yorker  and  you'll  get 
a  quick  reply  and  a  “square  deal.”  See 
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More  Egg  Money 
Save  It  At  Home. — Not  for  the  spec-  inches  deep  above  top  layer  eggs;  cover 
ulntnr.  not  for  the  middleman,  but  for  your  crocks  and  store  them  in  a  cool  dry 
the  farm  folk  who  bear  all  the  cares  and  cellar,  away  from  light  and  beat.  This  is 
expenses  of  production.  This  is  not  a  all  there  is  to  it,  simple  and  easily  done 
tale  of  intensive,  fanning,  but  a  plain  by  any  housewife.  Needless  to  say  you 
narration  of  bow  one  farmer  got  a  little  should  not  put  away  any  irregular 
more  than  usual  of  the  35-cent  dollar  and  shaped,  soiled  or  stale  eggs.  This  method 
kept  the  profit  of  his  hennery  instead  of  will  not  make  good  eggs  out  of  inferior 
humbly  begging  the.  speculators  to  ac-  stock,  but  it  will  keep  good  eggs  good,  ami 
cept  it. 
In  April,  101  I.  our  egg  production  ran 
ahead  of  family  consumption,  with  store¬ 
keepers  paying  only  IS  cents.  This  to  me 
was  less  than  their  food  value,  so  I  com¬ 
menced  preserving  my  surplus  stock, 
charging  it  up  at  21  cents.  Ou  Septem¬ 
ber  29  I  made  this  memorandum  in  my 
egg  account:  "Using  eggs  and  giving  good 
satisfaction,  taking  place  of  40-cent  eggs 
which  we  sell.”  On  March  22,  1915  (11 
months),  I  made  memorandum.  "I  found 
one  egg  in  bottom  of  tub.  if  was  good  and 
I  ate  ft.”  T>id  you  ever  try  to  eat  an 
11 -months-old  colfi  storage  egg?  Once 
only  and  “nevermore"  quoth  the  raven. 
My  1914  results  having  proven  satis¬ 
factory  from  every  viewpoint  I  faced  the 
heavy  1915  Spring  production  with  a  firm 
resolve  to  get  my  share  of  the  profit.  From 
years  of  observation  1  have  come  to  this 
definite  conclusion  that  (lie  average  far¬ 
mer  realizes  little  or  no  extra  profit  from 
heavy  crops.  The  rule  of  barter  as  for¬ 
mulated  by  the  middlemen  seems  to  be 
‘‘big  crop,  little  prices  per  unit,  small 
crop  (or  failure)  big  price  per  unit.” 
Either  way  the  eat  jumps  the  farmer  gets 
barely  a  small  labor  income,  In  most  cases 
less  than  the  city  laborer,  while  working 
331-2  per  cent,  longer  hours. 
My  plan  seemed  to  offer  an  escape  from 
this  one-sided  rule,  and  I  put  away  10 
dozen  March  29  and  82  dozen  during 
April  ami  May ;  all  were  charged  at  24 
cents.  In  May  and  .Tune  I  sold  a  few 
new  laid  at  22  to  25,  using  most  on  our 
own  table.  July  ami  August  sold  small 
surplus  at  28  to  30.  On  August  29  com¬ 
menced  using  stored  eggs,  because  top 
hoop  burst  off  tub.  Quality  was  excel¬ 
lent.  and  showed  profit  practically  four 
cents  per  dozen.  On  September  10  sold 
new  laid  at  ”5  cents ;  October  1  at  42 
cents;  November  8  at  55  cents  (profit  30 
cents.);  December  20  at  55  cents;  Feb¬ 
ruary  4,  1916,  at  40  cents;  March  3  at 
35  cents,  and  still  using  the  24-cent  eggs 
on  our  own  table;  except  when  we  wanted 
them  poached,  then  the  new-laid  had  the 
calli  Do  not  sympathize  with  us,  nor  in¬ 
dulge  in  platitudes  about  forcing  our¬ 
selves  to  eat  stale  or  noil-appetizing  food. 
This  very  week  (March  22,  1916),  my 
wife  made  as  fine  a  layer  chocolate  cake, 
with  whites  of  eggs,  os  ever  graced  a 
Fifth  Avenue  table,  another  morning  we 
were  regaled  with  an  omelette  that  al¬ 
most  popped  over  the  sides  of  pan.  and  iu 
Doth  cases  the  March  29,  1915,  eggs  were 
used.  For  the  benefit  of  our  technical 
brethren  I  will  say  that  at  this  date 
these  eggs  grade  firsts  under  the  candle, 
show  mo  signs  of  evaporation  or  cupping; 
weigh  23  to  24  ounces  per  dozen  ( Rhode 
Island  Red  and  Leghorn  eggs)  ;  the  yolks 
are  a  little  weak,  frequently  break,  hut 
general  quality  is  far  superior  to  seven 
or  eight  months’  old  storage  stock;  and 
mark  this  fact  in  italics,  positively  not 
oue  egg  lost  out  of  92  dozen  put  up.  Had 
I  sold  my  surplus  eggs  at  time  of  heaviest 
production  (March  and  April)  I  would 
have  received  IS  to  24  cents;  then  from 
September  on  1  would  have  used  new  laid 
at  average  sale  price  of  43  cents,  or  extra 
cost  of  39  cents  per  dozen.  I,  not  the 
speculator,  stored  my  own  grain-fed  new- 
laid  eggs  that  stood  me  $2£.0S,  and  sold 
an  equivalent  quantity  for  ,$39.56,  or 
$17.48  (less  storage  cost  90  cents)  to 
the  good.  Can  you  make  money  any 
easier  or  faster? 
So  much  for  results,  now  for  the. 
method.  Use  clean  five-gallon  crocks; 
boiled  water  l  ight  pints  to  one  pint  of 
water  glass  (silicate  of  soda,  costs  60 
cents  per  gallon  at  druggists)  and  intel¬ 
ligent  care.  The  boiled  water  must  be 
cooled  before  used,  then  place  your  new- 
laid  eggs  in  the  solution,  standing  them 
°n  small  ends  ;  tap  every  egg  so  as  to  ex¬ 
clude  any  cracks,  as  they  would  spoil; 
have  your  preservative  solution  two 
Prevent  Fly  Egg; 
From  Hatching 
After  exhaustive  tests,  ex¬ 
perts  in  the  United  States 
Department  of  Agriculture 
have  discovered  Borax  to  be  the 
most  effective  agent  in  prevent¬ 
ing  the  hatching  of  fly  eggs. 
20  Mule  Team  Borax 
g!  same  Borax  you  have  used  in 
home  for  years— will  bo  found 
uable  in  ridding  your  premises 
of  this  pest  if  you  follow 
these  Bimple 
DIRECTIONS 
Apply  2  ounces  of  20  Mule  Team 
Hura.v  to  the  eon  of  garbage, 
daily,  through  a  firm  sieve  or  flour 
tf  'JO sifter.  Apply  in  the 
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manure,  ami  sprinkle 
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make  you  a  profit  besides.  Xon-fertilc 
eggs  should  be  used  for  best  results,  but 
don't  keep  out  of  the  game  for  lack  of 
them :  you  can  use  fertile  eggs  with 
safety  and  profit. 
Furthermore  on  remote  farms  where 
fresh  meats  are  not  readily  obtainable  a 
reserve  of  low  cost  eggs  nicely  rounds 
out  the  menu  and  enables  the  skillful 
cook  to  prepare  many  a  toothsome  meal 
when  eggs  are  soaring  in  price  and  ten¬ 
derloins  non  est.  A  word  of  caution 
should  be  added.  My  first  experiments 
with  2  to  8 
gall  onsof 
water. 
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irs  ah 
Dealers 
To  Prepare  Suet 
In  the  Fall  T  prepare  three  or  four 
pounds  of  suet  at  one  time,  and  it  is 
ready  for  use  at  short  notice.  After  look¬ 
ing  it  over  ou IV fully  I  boil  it  for  perhaps 
an  hour,  then  drain  through  a  colander. 
The  cake  ol  fat  that  forms  on  the  water 
is  saved  for  shortening.  When  the  suet 
is  very  cold  I  put  it  in  my  chopping  bowl 
or  a  deep  pan  and  pulverize  it  with  a 
wooden  potato  masher  or  similar  imple¬ 
ment.  It  will  ho  finer  than  it  could  he 
chopped  and  all  pieces  of  membrane  being 
whole  can  easily  he  taken  out, 
MRS.  JOHN  JAY. 
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A  Cat  that  Tends  Chickens 
were  made  using  butter  tubs  as  recep¬ 
tacles.  These  proved  unsatisfactory,  as 
hoops  burst  and  threatened  loss  of  con¬ 
tents.  In  one  instance  all  the  liquid  ran 
off'  and  1  had  to  get  new  container  and 
mix  up  new  batch  of  solution,  fortunately 
saving  all  eggs. 
One  more  thought.  As  is  well  known 
in  the  egg  trade,  last  week  of  March, 
April  and  May  eggs  are  the  best  of  the 
year  in  quality.  These  are  the  eggs  that 
must  he  stored  if  the  speculator  is  to 
have  a  good  cold  storage  article  in  the 
Fall  with  which  to  keep  down  the  price 
of  our  new  laid  and  make  him  a  profit  on 
his  investment.  Suppose  one  million  far¬ 
mers’  wives  put  away  each  only  20  dozen 
eggs  during  this  period,  thereby  keeping 
600,666  cases  or  1.666  carloads  off  llje 
market*,  thus  creating  a  scarcity  for  the 
speculator  who  will  hid  up  the  price  one 
to  three  cents  higher  than  the  average  in 
order  to  get  their  cherished  April  and 
May  eggs,  thereby  benefiting  all  selling 
producers,  while  in  the  Fall  he  will 
have  to  sell  his  stock  oue  to  three  cents 
higher  to  make  his  legitimate  profit,  and 
incidentally  you  get  same  advance  for 
your  Fall  production, 
I  confess  I  am  unable  to  figure  out  the 
enormous  total  gain  that  would  conic  to 
producing  farmers  if  one  million  followed 
this  plan.  Think  it  over  for  yourself, 
and  act  quickly.  Your  druggist  will  sell 
you  water  glass,  take  your  gallon  jug  to 
him  at  once  and  start. 
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should  not  let  its  youth 
slip  by  without  filling 
the  souls  of  the  children 
with  music .  ” 
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Conductor  New  York 
Philharmonic  Society 
From  the  Craftsman. 
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STEIN  WAY 
Preserving  Eggs  in  Lime  Water 
The  season  for  preserving  eggs  is  com¬ 
ing,  and  the  usual  crop  of  directions  for 
keeping  them  in  water  glass  will  be  on 
hand,  to  the  profit  of  the  druggists  and 
perhaps  the  loss  of  the  eggs.  Tn  all  the 
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