In preparing to preserve our eggs for winter, there are several methods used by people who follow this practice. Some just pack the eggs in sawdust in a box or barrel, but this method is not always reliable. There are two standard ways of preserving these eggs. One is in using waterglass, and the other is the use of lime water solution. Both methods are reliable, but the first named method seems to be the more popular of the two. In either case, earthen crocks or wooden pails are the best containers. Neither of these solutions affects them. A three gallon container is large enough to preserve ten dozen eggs. For this sized container, about six quarts of the solution will be necessary. We will discuss the waterglass method first. Procure the amount of waterglass that you will need for this year at a drug store. Use this at the rate of one pint of waterglass to nine pints of water. Before mixing the two liquids, boil the water, and let it cool. Then mix the two liquids, in the proportion stated, and place in container. Then add the eggs, (about ten dozen to this mixture), and store in a cool place. Be sure that there is about two or three inches of the solution above the eggs, and add a little water occasionally to replace the water lost by evaporation. The lime solution is mixed a little differently. Slack about two pounds of quick lime in a small quantity of hot water. After this has slacked, add it to about two gallons of water, and then add one pound of salt. Stir this in a thorough manner, and then allow the mixture to settle. There will then be found a sediment in the bottom of the solution. Pour off the clear liquid, and use this as the preservative material. Then keep the same as directions given for the waterglass preparation. In this manner, one can have table eggs the year round at a reasonable price. CHAPTER XVI. SELLING THE PRODUCT We have discussed the main points to be considered in raising various poultry products in this little booklet. However, much of our success in the poultry business will depend on our ability to obtain the top prices for our products after we have raised them. In fact, this is the cry all over the country now among the farming population. The various agricultural agencies that have heretofore spent considerable time and effort in teaching the farmer to raise a large quantity of good products, have apparently accomplished this result, and now these same agencies are trying to organize the farmers into selling their products so that they can receive a higher price for them.