Show WETTING SPOILS GOOD EGGS Careful Investigation Shows That From 17 11 to 22 Per Cent of Washed Egg Eggs Are Worthless Approximately dozen eggs spoil pon needlessly every year In cold storage in this country simply because someone has let clean eggs ge get wet or washed dirty eggs before sending them to market Careful investigations of large quantities of stored e eggs gs show that from Crom 17 to 2 22 per cent of washed eggs become worthless In storage whereas only four to eight lIght per cent of dirt dirty eggs stored unwashed spoil The explanation Is simple Water removes re re- moves from Crom the shell sheIl of the egg a gelatinous covering which helps to toI I keep air nil and germs out of the Inside of the eggs Once this covering is removed by hy washing or rain which gets the eggs In the nest germs an and ana molds find ready access to the contents contents con con- tents and spoil the eggs Millions of eggs spoil In storage because became they ha have ve been exposed to tode dew de rain dirt cUrt and sun In hm stolen nests Jn la n tI the th JIMS rl OT fence corners |