. The Cuba review. THE CUBA R E VI EW 25. An Orange Plantation in Cuba under American management. AGRICULTURAL MATTERS. A. New Method of Egg Preservation—Sweet Potatoes from Vine Cuttings—Avo- cados by Budding—Caravonica Cotton, etc. A New Method of Egg Preservation. An interesting method of preserving fresh eggs by means of desiccation, has lately been put' in operation in Sydney, New South Wales, according to the February Consular reports of the United States. The process is a simple one. Eggs, freed from the shells, are dried at the relatively low temperature of ° C. (130° F.) in contai
. The Cuba review. THE CUBA R E VI EW 25. An Orange Plantation in Cuba under American management. AGRICULTURAL MATTERS. A. New Method of Egg Preservation—Sweet Potatoes from Vine Cuttings—Avo- cados by Budding—Caravonica Cotton, etc. A New Method of Egg Preservation. An interesting method of preserving fresh eggs by means of desiccation, has lately been put' in operation in Sydney, New South Wales, according to the February Consular reports of the United States. The process is a simple one. Eggs, freed from the shells, are dried at the relatively low temperature of ° C. (130° F.) in containers kept at this tem- perature, from which the air has been exhausted. The advantage of this method con- sists in the fact that there is no altera- tion in the chemical composition of the eggs. There is simply a loss of the greater part of the water held mechan- ically in combination, as when fruit is dried by air and sun, or by more rapid artificial methods. When thoroughly desiccated and brought by pulverization into the state of coarse powder, the egg material can be preserved for an indef- inite period in ordinary packages, if kept in a dry place. The eggs are "reconstituted" by the simple addition of water to the dry powder, the resultant mass being quite indistinguishable from newly beaten-up eggs. Exhaustive critical tests by the Victorian Department of Agriculture, demonstrated that purity, ease of diges- tion, flavor, etc., were entirely unaffect- ed by the operations, preservation for a long period, and reconstitution by the addition of water, provided that fresh eggs were employed at the outset. The cost of eggs as an article of food can thus be notably reduced, and freight rates low for a compact powdered ma- terial as contrasted with the expense of transporting eggs in the shell. The simplicity of preservation and the va-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability -
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