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Show Iodine in Eggs Goitre is a deficiency disease the cause of which is a lack of iodine. The best way of administering the Iodine Is In some organically combined com-bined form. Hence the present fad for eggs of high Iodine content, especially es-pecially In regions where goitre Is prevalent. On the principle that If a little iodine is good, much must be better, poultry breeders have been adding iodine compounds to feeds and drinking water. The method Is so simple that Dr. C. H. Almqulst of the University of California Cali-fornia finds It necessary to sound a warning against It. No one knows how much Iodine or how little should be fed to a laying hen or a growing chick. Until the correct doses are fixed by experiment the eating of eggs rich In Iodine may have its drawbacks. New York Times. |