IS THIS EGG FRESH ?
To discover whether an egg is good or bad without breaking the shell, take rt into a dark room and hold tho egg between the eye and a lighted candle. li dark spots ar6 detected
vhe egg is certainly not good. A fresh egg appears uniformly translucent, save for an air space at the thicker end. When the egg has been laid a few hours only, this space is quite small ; as the days pass it tend-; to become somewhat larger owing to loss of moisture through the pores of the shell.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17350, 15 May 1924, Page 9
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96IS THIS EGG FRESH ? Star (Christchurch), Issue 17350, 15 May 1924, Page 9
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