. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. Sept. 2, 1908.] Agricultural Gazette of NSW. 721 As to the other remedies, the most common is to fill an egg-shell with mustard and pepper and put it in the run. A hard-boiled egg just out of the boiling water is also said to be a cure, as it burns them. Fresh egg-shells given in large quantities is an American remedj' highly spoken of. In fact, there are any amount of remedies. I have said nothing of specially constructed nests. These are so made that when the egg is dropped by the fowl it ro
. The agricultural gazette of New South Wales. Agriculture; Agriculture -- Australia New South Wales. Sept. 2, 1908.] Agricultural Gazette of NSW. 721 As to the other remedies, the most common is to fill an egg-shell with mustard and pepper and put it in the run. A hard-boiled egg just out of the boiling water is also said to be a cure, as it burns them. Fresh egg-shells given in large quantities is an American remedj' highly spoken of. In fact, there are any amount of remedies. I have said nothing of specially constructed nests. These are so made that when the egg is dropped by the fowl it rolls out of sight. The difficulty is to make a nest so con- structed comfortable enough for a hen to lay in it. On the wlK)ie. the egg-eating- preventing nest is no good. The only absolute safe way of curing an egg-eater is to wring her neck. Do not let the vice go on; always be or the look out, and if it breaks out, cure it at once. A whole flock of hens may be ruined as egg-producers if this is not done. There is, as I have said, a choice of remedies, and the poultry-keeper has only himself to blame if he loses many eggs by egg-eating hens. Egcj Organs.—The egg- producing organs of a hen are very delicate, and sub- ject to a number of com- plaints, which have probably increased since the inception of the egg-laying competi- tions, as evidenced in the conductors' reports, which usually tell us how many hens died during the month, and in almost every instance " from ovarian ; Realising this, it is well breeders should be acquaint- ed with the nature and function of the egg organs. Anyone who has dissected a hen is, no doubt, familiar with the cluster of small eggs that are found in her intestines; they resemble very much a bunch of grapes, and vary in size and number. In a good-laying strain of hens they will often number a hundred or more. The .section where this rudimentarv egs is. Organs and oiary of hen. this rudimentary egg formed is called the ovarium.
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