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Show "Bottled Sunshine" Is Title Now Given Eggs Eggs have been called "bottled sunshine" sun-shine" because they contain vitamine D, the vitamine for which cod livei oil is gaining in new reputation. Be cause eggs produced under favorable conditions do contain this vitamine. the value of eggs as a food has risen Miss Cora Cooke, poultry specialisi of the extension division of the Mining sota Collegt of Agriculture, suyj, however, that if hens are to store up sunshine, or the mysterious vitamine D, in their eggs, they must Jive uq der generally healthful condition and must themselves spend much ol the time in the sun. For this reason she suggests that poultry raisers see to it that their laying flocks have ample am-ple range and that such range should he kept sanitary at all times. Hens kept under such conditions do store up vitamine D, and do produce bottled bot-tled sunshine. |