A generation or two ago most farms around the country had a few dozen hens scratching about in
the farmyard, but for those who took their egg enterprise more
seriously, the cleaning of eggs was a laborious task.To get more news
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Fred Faulkner from Cookstown has sent in this picture of a Hewitt egg
washing machine which came into vogue in the late 1930s through to the
mid 1940s. It was manufactured by Sam Hewitt who lived in Richhill
Castle, County Armagh.
The dirty eggs were placed into a laminated wire basket, which was placed inside a galvanised two gallon
bucket of tepid water which held around eight to 10 dozen eggs.
Originally the framework was agitated with a small Petter two-stroke
engine as rural electrification was almost non-existent but later was
driven by 1/4 hp motor.Fred remembers using these on the family farm at
Annaghteige and says they were a great innovation.
Unfortunately in the late 1950s a direct-ive came from government that all so-called
‘stained’ eggs had to be ‘dry cleaned’ so the Hewitt egg washer became
obsolete.There was also a three-bucket model and Fred would like to know
if by chance anyone has one – he would be interested to hear from them.
