Show LIME MAY BE USED TO EGGS although water glass is the most satisfactory egg preservative there is another method which can be use used d when the water glass is not obtainable following is the procedure as outlined by carl extension iyman of the utah state agricultural cultural college dissolve two or three pounds of lime in five gallons of water that has previously been boiled and cooled allow the mixture to 5 tend stand until the lime settles and the liquid i is clear clean resh fresh eg ggs eggs should then be placed in the clean or wooden container land and the limewater added until the top layer of eggs is covered with about two inches of the solution in some instances salt has been added to the lime but it has been found by experimentation that the lime used alone lias has been found more satisfactory if only fresh clean unwashed eggs are placed in the preserving liquid they may be kept in the home for eight months or more |