The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . ggs should, of course, be re-moved from the nest or incubator, as not onlywill space be saved, but where two hens have beenset the same day and the number of infertile eggshave proved to be numerous, all the foitile onescan bo placed under one hen and the other eitherreleased from duty or provided with a freshsitting. Eggs should again be tested on the fourteenthday of incubation, and added eggs, which arethose in which germination has commenced, andfrom some cause or other been arretted and failedor died, should be remove 1 and thrown away, ast
The Mark Lane express, agricultural journal &c . ggs should, of course, be re-moved from the nest or incubator, as not onlywill space be saved, but where two hens have beenset the same day and the number of infertile eggshave proved to be numerous, all the foitile onescan bo placed under one hen and the other eitherreleased from duty or provided with a freshsitting. Eggs should again be tested on the fourteenthday of incubation, and added eggs, which arethose in which germination has commenced, andfrom some cause or other been arretted and failedor died, should be remove 1 and thrown away, asthey are useless. Not infrequently an egj; gets broken in the nestthrough the hen treading on it or through someother accidental cause, and for this reason it isadvisable that the sitting should 1)3 glanced atevery morLing when the hen is off for feeding. Abroken egg should at onco be removed, and anyyjlk or white adhering to the other eggs must bewashed off, and soiled hay or straw removed also ;if there is any egg sticking to the hens feathers. TESTING EGG3. each egg, one a1; a time, between the eye and thelight, the fingers and hands being arranged roundthe egg in such a manner that they act as ascreen to keep the direct light away from theeye, as shown in Fig. 1 of the accompanyingsketches. This method will answer all right, but a betterpractice is to take a stout piece of dark colouredcardboard, or, if desired, a light-coloured piececan be painted black, size 9 in. or 10 in. square,and cut a hole in the centre the shape of an e°g,as shown in Fig. 3, but a little smaller in size, thebroad end of the egg, of coarse, being held up-wards when testing. The eggs are placed againstthe hole one by one, and held up before a brightlight in a dark room, with the result that the in-fertile eggs can at once be distinguished from thefertile. If a fairly large number of eggs have to betested several cardboards should be prepared withholes varying a little to take eggs of different sizes.
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