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Show Man 1VIan Now Finds Fiords Use forEggs fo for foEggs . Eggs of ? Many lIany Varieties i Hen's Hens ' Contribution Not Only OnlyOne OnlyOne OnlyOne One Used for Food . - Washington - "Eggs Eggs "Iggs Iggs " : ' ' mem me'1n me1n mein ' only onlyhens onlyhens onlyhenc hens ' eggs to the tbe avenge nvcr'1ge nvcr1ge ' reader- reader readersomething readersomething reader readertomething - tomething something to combine with ham in the themorning themorning themorning morning or to stir Into cikes c'1kes c1kes cakes ' or cus cis custards cistards custards tards for dinner . But lo In the comple complex complexcivilization complexcivilization ] : clvll1zatlon civilization of the Twentieth Twentletb century centurymAn centurytnan centuryman mAn tnan finds nnds use uce ; for miny ID\ny ID ny m'tny mtny ' \ ' and nnd various variouskinds variouskinds variouskinds kinds of eggs . . "A A " New " lork "lork museum did a n thllvlng thiving thllvlngbusiness thivingbusiness thiivingbusiness [ business not long ago in eggs of frogs frogsnnd frogsand frogsind nnd and ( salamanders , " sa3 says sa s the National NationalGeographIc NationalGeographic NationalGeographic GeographIc society . . "Tell Tell "Telli Telli "Te113 Te113 " ; } encnsed encased encnsedfrogs encasedfrogs encasedfrogs frogs ' eggs fobnd tOLnd fot.nd fotnd . floating in great greatnumbers greatnumbers greatnumbers numbers on top of Loug Long Island ponds pondswere pondswere pondswere were shipped bv by thousands thoucands : to publicgchools public publicachools publicschools achools schools , . where v.bere vbere biology pupils pupl1s put them themIn themin themtn In tanks tanhs and nnd watched them develop In- In Into into In Into - to tadpoles . > f ' The ecarccr scarcer eggs of sal31uanders salamanders salamandersfound , found In stream bottoms , were shipped shippedto to research laboratoncs laboratolJes laboratories wheie whele where seIen scten seIenUsta sctenfsts sclcntiBts Usta fsts prefer them to other eg eggs s In mak mak- making making , - ing certain certaln studies of ot the embryo"noe embryo"Roe embryo embryo"Roe "Roe Roe "noe noe " , rnas masses mas.es mases . es of tln\ tln ttm tlni tlnfish \ fish flch fidr : eggs , and andcavIar andcaviar andcaviar/tlio andcaviar tlio cavIar / , ' ; the prepared " ind "lnd lnd and salted roe roc oC of oCcertain ofcertain ofcertain certain fish , are fa , ollte oiite iite dclicicies dehc'1CleS dehc1CleS delicacies ' on onour onour onour our menus The Tbe best caviar was long longmade longmade longmade made from the great " white "bite bite sturgeons sturgeonsof of Russia Present day da c'l\lal c'l cl lal casfar ci ' \ Iai . , lacl.mg laclmg lacking lacl.mgthe lackingthe lackingthe . the fine flavor of the original . , Is often oftenmade oftenmade oftenmade made from roe of spoonbills Epoonbllls , burr'1Io burr1Io buffalo burr'1Io118h buffalofish buffilofleh ' 118h fish , and catfl&h catflh catflth catfish . & ! of lakes Ial.eQ IaleQ . and rivers in inthe inthe Inthe the southern United States . . . Put to Various Uses"Fish Uses Uses"Fish "Fish Fish IIFIsh " eggs are put to various uses usestn usesIn usesIn tn In Brittiny Brltt'lny Brlttlny ' , fisherm fishermen < > n use silted s'l1ted sl1ted ' cod codeggs codeggs codeggs eggs mixed ml.xed mlxed . . with v.lth vlth floul flom flout as bait to nt at nttl attract attiact tract tl nct sardines Anuiicin Amtllc\n Amtllc n Amtiican ' \ sugir sug'lr suglr sugar ' com com- corn- corn - companIes cornpanies companies - panies In Mexico Me\lco Me lco ' \ hive hwe have recently Import Importad importad Imported ad certain In insect ect e egg cpgo g . . from Cuba In Intheir Intheir intheir their fight to exterminate other Insects InsectsattacklDg insectsattacking insectsattacking attacklDg attacking sugar cane And in the past pastthe pastthe pasthe the ( United States Stntes Department DeJlnrtment of Agrl Agri Agrlculture Agriculture Agriculture culture has mide m'lde mlde made ' many similir simil1r similar Impor Importatlons importatlons importatlons tatlons ' Cormorants eggs from the Islands Islandsort islandsof Islandsoff ort of the co"st cost co " t of Peru form a large Item Itemon itemon itemon on the diet of or Peruvians Peruvil1nQ Peruvhtns D Eskimos < ; hlmos eat eatQuantities eatquantities eatquantities Quantities of sea birds ' ' eggs . . In Nlc'1 Nlc1 NIc't NIct Nlc'1ragoa NIc'tragua Niciragua ' ' ragoa ragua , hungry bungry mthes n'1thes n1thes n'ttities nttities ' ' dig in the sand sandfor sandfor sandfor for alligator a1llgator eggs , , which , hich contiin cont'lln contlln contain ' large largeyolks largeyolks largeyolks yolks , and are said smd to tiste t'lste tlste taste ' like liI.e liIe . duel.s duels ducks ducks'eggs duckseggs . ' eggs In Mexico Me.lco Melco } . , eggs of certiin cert'lin certlin certain ' spe spec1es spedies specles c1es dies of flies Hes are nre used in making a n food foodpaste foodpaste paste aste v . which hlch is considered a piece de deresistance delesistance 1 eslstance resistance A preference equally dim difft dimcult difftcult dimcult cult to undcrstind unc1erst'ln unc1erstln understand ' is tlie the Chinese predlIection predl predllectlon predllection lectlon Iection for 'ripened ripened ' ' ' eggs-hens eggs hens eggs - hens ' eggs eggswblch eggswhich eggswhich wblch which hive h'lt'e hlte ' ' been burled buried In the earth earthuIrtll earthuntil earthuntil uIrtll until they have become decomposed to toa toa toa a decided degree degree'Uumans 'Uumans Uumans IIumms Humans ' : : are not the only creatures'Mtb creatureswith creatures creaturesRith Rith 'Mtb Mtb with ' a de\ de der deeloped \ eloped taste for eggs Ants Antsand Antsand Antsand and spiders lick their chops over eggs eggsot eggsof eggsof ot of butterflies butterihes rt Fishes < ; hes gulp minute mlDute eggs eggsof eggsof eggsof of other fish boine bOlne borne on ocean currents currentsUnless currentsUnless currentsUnless Unless Perm Peruvians Peruslans lans get there first , they theynre theyare theyore nre are apt to find flnd rookeries rool.eries rooleries . on the bird islands is islands islands lands of Peru full of rifled nests nc.sts ncsts . and andbroken andbroken andbroken broken eggshells eggshel1s The smill sm'111 sm111 small ' greenish greenishcormor'1nt greenishcormorant greenishcormonnt cormor'1nt cormor1nt cormorant ' eggs Rase ha Ita ' e been devoured by gulls guUs and tuikey tUlkey turkey vultures or pIerced pIercedand piercedand piercedand and sucked suclcd , hy by 1) 1 ) ? condors"Birds condors"Birds condors condors"Birds "Birds Birds " " with lth feeneDlIes few fe\ fe \ . enemies eneDlIes lay but one oneor oneor oneor or t\\ t two t0 \ \ 0 eggs Most of or the north oce occin occinc occinIe tn tnIc Ic [ c birds , such as little auks Iluk.s Iluks . , and black blackand blackand . and , white vhltf : guillemots gUlllemots , which bl biecd bleed eed on onArctic onArctic onArctic Arctic cilft cliff cuff ledges , lay la ; but a lngle single singlelarge singlelarge lnglelarge large egg Pointed at one end , , it rolls rollsIn rollsin rollsIn In a n circle and so does not fall from the theIed theledge theledge Ied ledge e The king 1.mg 1mg . penguin of or the Ant Antantic Antarctic Antarctic antic arctic tikes t'll.es tll.es tlles ' . . especial c.spccla cspccla ] care of or its egg eggby eggby eggby by cnl1 canning caiting ) Ing It about on top of Its foot footprotected , protected b3 b } a fold of &kln kln bJ.ln bJln skin & . The maleand m\le m le male mlennd mileand ' \ nnd and femnip Cema\p Cema p female \ . rclic\ rclic relier relieve rclice \ e a eich c'1th c1th each ' other at this thistash thistask thistask tash task Robbed Bobbed of Its egg , a king pc.n pcn pc.nguin pcnguln penguin . guin guln may sometimes be seen Ilttempt attempt IlttemptIng attempting attemptIng Ing to shuffle about " with Ith a n stone on its itsInstl'p itsInstep itsInstep itsInstepMammal Instl'p Instlp Instep Instl'pMammal InstepMammal ' Mammal Lays EggsOIAbide Eggs"Aside Eggs Eggs"Abide "Abide Abide OIAbide "Aside Aside " from tlie the echidna , the onlyinanunil only onlymanllnl onlymamm'ti manlln\l manlln l mamm'ti mammti ' ' \ that ' livs l'lvs llvs lavs Cfcgs ebgs egs , is the queer queerduck queerduck queerduck duck billed bl1\ed bl1 ed \ platypus plat3Pus plat pus pus.hlch which \.hlch .hlch \ . ihes Ihcs lies In tile the tilestreams thestreams thestreams streams otu of ot ofublralla -\u u \ublralla ublralla .ustralla ustralla \ - . t.ralia tralia . and Tasmania TasmaniaIt It combines cODlblnc & beaserlike bca bea . erlike erlil.c erlilc . fur Cm tut and habits habitswith habitswith habitswith with webbed feet and bill similar to toa toa toa a duck's ducks duel's duels . ' , and nnd la 1535 lai & two eggs , each th1 thtee thteefourths thieefourtlis ee eefourth fourth fourths & of or an inch long , enciscd 'nc\sed 'nc nc sed encased ( ' ' \ In a aflexible aflexible aflexible flexible , white . hIte shell ' Game bh blids birds dq , \ which Inch are nre frequently frequentlypre frequentlypreyed frequentlypreyed pre preyed ed upon rear ' lirge l'lrge llrge large bloods broods Some Somequans Somequails Somequails quans quails lii la3 1'1 11 ' as m'1na cnins m'1n\ m'1n m1n mina ' : \ ab as a thlrtegfs thirty thlrt\ thlrt \ egfcs egfs egs , , for fora fora fora a setting settlOg non However Iioweer e\ e eer \ % er , quails quans take tal.e tale . a back backse.lt backseat backseat se.lt selt seat . compal compaied compared ell to marine CI cieatures cicatureswhich en tures , which \ hich , bcciuse bec'1use bec1use because ' of their thclr miny m\ny m ny many ' \ enemies enemiesroust , must 1a3 la ; eggs b3 b the millions In order I i for the race e\en e en e.en een even \ . to hold bold its own A Acod Acod Acod cod la3 la3s la s about ahout 5,000,000 5000000 , , eggs , sturgeon sturgeonI sturgeonabout sturgeonabout I about 7,000,000 7000000 , , , a n turbot about 14,311- 14,311 14311 14,311000 14,311000 14,311-000 14,311 14311 000 , , - - 000 ; but sa grcitly gre'lt1y grelt1y greatly ' are ore the young youngpre youngpreyed youngpreyed pre preyed ed upon , that only a small smnn propor propor- proportion proportion proportion - tion will survive to maturity . "Eggs Eggs " vaiy V81Y vary as greatly as people in incolor incolor incolor color , sire si7e , and ; shape ohnpe Exception Dxceptlon to the therule therule therule rule that all domestic fowl fonl lay ovoId ovoidwhite , , "hlte hlte white " or brownish bro\nlsh bro nlsh bro'cnish brocnish , ' \ eggs egss ; , is the tbe Arau- Arau Arauc'1na Arauc'tna Arau-cina Arau cina - - - c'1na c1na c'tna ctna ' ' , a stiangc stlange strange South American fowlwhich fowl \ ' 'hick hick \ ' hlch lays blue eggs Eggs laid Inld in inholes inholes inholes holes or domed nests ire 'lre lre are ' usually usualIy white whiteI whiteColored whiteColored whiteColored I Colored egg eggs ' ! , tnvlsllile Invislb\e Invislb e invisible \ In dim lIght lightwould , "auld auld would " be in 1D danger of being broken brohen or orrolhng orrolling orrolling rolhng rolling out of or reich re'1ch re1ch reach ' Although puffins puffinslay puffinslay pufQnslay lay their colored egg eggs ' ) in holes , they theycover theycover theycover cover the s1l shells e11s with v.lth vlth . a chilky ch'1.1ky ch1.1ky ch11ky chalky ' . Incrus IncrustaUon [ incrustation ncrus ncrustation taUon tation which reflects light Jlght Eggs Dggs of ofmany ofmany ofmany many fishes floating at the sea surface surfacein , 10 in misses lD'iSSeS lDiSSeS masses ' sometimes 30 feet long , are aretransparent aretransparent aretransparent transparent , w " \ which hlch hcli [ piobably plobably probably hinders hinderstheir hinderstheir hinderstheir their being detected and eaten The ThesheUs Theshells Theshells sheUs shells of kingfisher kmgflsher eggs egJs { are translu translu- translucent translucent - . cent , those tho&e thoe & of some snall snails ' eggs slightly slightlyirldescent slightlyiridescent slightlyIridescent irldescent iridescent . . " |