Posted 7 months ago
Laurabelle61
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Little collection of scales to weigh and measure eggs. The green one is a jiffy way scale T.M.reg.pat.off. Inc. in Minnesota. It measures 8 inches wide at the base 5 1/2 inches tall and 3 inches deep
The red spring scale dates from the 1920s or 30s and was used to weigh individual eggs so they could be sorted by size. It was made by the Oakes manufacturing company of Tipton. it measures in ounces without assigning a size category, but the top of the dial does calculate the weight in ounces of a dozen eggs of like stature, no multiplication required
The third wooden scale is by the Hiram L piper company of Montreal and is a standard egg scale and grader
With the growing interest in backyard, chicken farming, these vintage accessories, are once again popular.
Cool little collection. They look good together.
Thanks for the love:)
Love this kool egg sizer
Laurabelle61, Very cool. :-)
I'm an egg hound. <3
During the semi-recent egg shortage, even my local health food store was struggling to get stock, and at one point managed to secure eggs locally.
You could tell how fresh those pasture-raised eggs were by how the whites and yolks looked when you cracked the shells and put the contents into a skillet.
Your vintage egg scales set me to wondering how the egg industry did it large scale. This video is fairly mesmerizing:
Egg Grading Process – An Egg Grading Plant – SANOVO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh8-wCNaVNQ
This appears to be for a somewhat smaller operation:
Egg Grading Machine for Sorting Eggs by Weight
https://www.taizyfoodmachine.com/egg-grading-machine.html
Great video Kera..I was curious as well. I worked as an assembly mechanic for a company that made lines for the wood, metal and plastic industry and at another place for a short while that made stainless food conveyors..technology in the last 20 years has changed a lot.
dav2no1, Amazin' ain't it?
Still, the video didn't quite satisfy in terms of sorting by weight, because it sounds like any egg that didn't pass muster gets shunted off to one side.
OK, is the assumption that the default is large (pretty standard nowadays), and anything over or under weight gets shunted to one side or the other?
This caught my eye at the other site I linked:
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The LED light detection device of the egg grader is installed under the egg conveying roller. When the eggs pass through the light inspection area, workers can pass through the light inspection to pick out damaged eggs, embryo eggs, eggs of the opposite sex, and other unqualified eggs.
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Um, "eggs of the opposite sex?" I'm not sure if I'm ready for clarity on that subject. };-)
Interesting process! Thank you for all the info. Not sure what eggs of the opposite sex are.. are we only eating eggs of a particular sex? We used to buy our eggs by the flat from a farm up the road from our house. They were the best eggs and very fresh with lots of flavor. We would often get double yolkers , which were really cool. Unfortunately they closed so we are back to grocery store eggs. Thank you all for the info and the love!
These scales are interesting and fascinating ! Pretty rare to see one. I remember raising chickens and some eggs were very large with 2 full size large eggs in one shell. We never usually sold the large eggs.
Hi Phil, those are the double yolkers ( they are the best!)
Laurabelle61, About the only thing I could come up with on that "eggs of the opposite sex" reference is that there might be automation for the sorting of fertilized eggs.
Double yolkers: yum. I had a few of those within the last year. <3