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A preliminary study of the effects of cold storage on eggs, quail, and chickens

by: Wiley, Harvey Washington, 1844-1930; United States. Bureau of Chemistry; United States. Department of Agriculture

Publication date: 1908

Topics: Eggs, Eggs Preservation, Quails, Chickens, Poultry Storage, Cold storage

Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Chemistry

Collection: usda-bulletinchemistry; usdanationalagriculturallibrary; fedlink; americana; biodiversity

Contributor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

Language: English

Rights: The contributing institution believes that this item is not in copyright.

Volume: no.115

"Issued November 23, 1908."

With the collaboration of M. E. Pennington, G. W. Stiles, jr., B. J. Howard, and F. C. Cook

At head of title: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Chemistry

General plan of the investigation. pp. 9

Information furnished by cold-storage warehousemen. pp. 11

Inception of the work. pp. 24

1. Cold-storage eggs. pp. 27

2. Quail cold-stored under known conditions. pp. 37

3. Chickens cold-stored under known conditions. pp. 44

4. Market cold-storage chickens. pp. 57

General review of the investigation : Organoleptic tests on chickens and quail -- Bacteriological and chemical investigations -- Histological studies. pp. 99

Appendix: Trend of legislation regulating the cold storage of foods, etc. pp. 108

Appendix: Suggestive legislative action. pp. 112