Show TRY r FINDS NEW WAY TO STORE EGGS small amounts of carbon dioxide will be B big ag aid aggs egga can be better preserved if they are stored where there Is a bertal U amount of carbon dioxide inthe in the air according to paul V F sharp of the new york state college of agriculture who has just published the results of some experiments ou on eggs in science ag eggs s stored in ordinary air spoil rapidly after they lose the carbon I 1 dioxide which Is a part of the egg As soon as an egg Is laid it starts to become more alkaline and this flits hastens decay this irlies alkaline tendency however can bo be easily and conveniently neutralized and controlled if the eggs are placed plat ed where the ali air con contains fains small amounts of carbon dioxide this discovery has a practical result because carbon dioxide can be introduced into cold storage rooms in amounts which greatly retard the de tive changes cli anges in the eggs and yet the amount in the air will not be enough to prevent workmen from entering the storage rooms carbon dioxide can be used also in shipping containers and in refrigerator cars A convenient source of this gas can be used such as the solid form or the gas form in cylinders professor sharp says we only method of preserving eggs which approaches this one in cheapness and practicability Is the oil dipping method in which eggs are dipped in a suitable oil which very nearly seals the pores the carbon dioxide method Is superior to the oil method because the whites of the oll oil dipped eggs become cloudy in storage those preserved by the carbon fire are not cloudy after afier tile the eggs are removed from the air which con contains talus the carbon dioxide |