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Show KEEP EGGS FOR FUTURE USE Water-Glass Solution Is Recommended by Poultry Expert of Missouri' Agricultural College. (By C. A. WEBSTER, University of Missouri, Mis-souri, College of Agriculture.) Eggs preserved in the water-gldss solution will keep almost perfectly for several months. They will poach nearly near-ly as well as fresh eggs although the taste is a trifle more flat after long storage. These are the conclusions of the Missouri college of agriculture after a careful investigation of various methods of storing eggs for winter use. Water-glass is purchased in liquid form. Druggists commonly retail it at twenty-five cents a quart, and one quart is enough to preserve twenty dozen of eggs. For this number a five gallon stone or earthenware crock is the most satisfactory receptacle. Heat ten quarts of water to the boiling boil-ing point and allow it to cool. Then pour the water into the crock, add one quart of water-glass and mix the two. The solution is then ready for the ggs. Place the eggs in the water-glass solution each day as soon as they are laid. Use only naturally clean, riot washed, fresh eggs. When the crock is filled to within two inches of the top of the solution, cover and store in a cool dry place until winter. "By this method eggs may be stored during spring and summer when they are relatively cheap and production is high, for use during winter when prices are high and production is low. Farmer and townsman alike may save many dollars by this method of cheap storage of eggs. It is of the greatest importance that the eggs used should be absolutely fresh. Water-glass will not make bad eggs good, but will keep good eggs from bucomiug bad. I |