The art of incubation and brooding; . Fig. 14. Fig. 14 shows one side of an egg marked forrecord. 2 indicates the month (February beingthe second) in which the egg was set; 4 the day28 ^^^^e|sejs^^^^^^ej5e^i^^^^^efo^»l5^^^^*^^^*^^^^^ej5ej5ejsi^5^s^ ^Scfccfrsfrsfr tp>fcifc; i&^ifc^. ^^4ssPifcgfrgfr&frcfcfrfrfccrsfrgfc<fc,&ifcgpl of the month ; 25 the day of the month when it isdue to hatch ; T indicates that the egg was testedon the 5th or 6th day of incubation, and that itcontains a strong live germ, as shown in Fig. 1, inarticle on testing eggs ; L indicates that the egg
The art of incubation and brooding; . Fig. 14. Fig. 14 shows one side of an egg marked forrecord. 2 indicates the month (February beingthe second) in which the egg was set; 4 the day28 ^^^^e|sejs^^^^^^ej5e^i^^^^^efo^»l5^^^^*^^^*^^^^^ej5ej5ejsi^5^s^ ^Scfccfrsfrsfr tp>fcifc; i&^ifc^. ^^4ssPifcgfrgfr&frcfcfrfrfccrsfrgfc<fc,&ifcgpl of the month ; 25 the day of the month when it isdue to hatch ; T indicates that the egg was testedon the 5th or 6th day of incubation, and that itcontains a strong live germ, as shown in Fig. 1, inarticle on testing eggs ; L indicates that the eggwas tested again on the 10th day ; and 4 that theair space is about the same as shown in Fig. 4, inarticle on testing eggs. A different figure wouldindicate that the air space on 10th day corres-ponded with that shown by a Fig. of Fig. 15. Fig. 15 shows the opposite side of Fig. 14. Ashould correspond with the name of the party oryard which furnished the eggs ; S indicates a thickshell. If the letter T were substituted it wouldindicate a thin shell. We have said in another place that the differentshells require different treatment to obtain the bestresults. You will notice that while, as a rule, darkshells are thicker than white ones, you will findsome thin shells among the dark ones and somethick shells among the white ?^^e^^- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^.^&&&&&&&&&&&&<&&<£&&&£&&&&&&&&&&&&&«fc^
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