. Poultry for the farm and home. Courtesy Mo. Exp. Station Many an egg spoils on the wayto market. This farmer and hisgood wife ride in the shade butthey let the sun beat down onthe egg cases. Imagine meatbeing marketed in this way. Courtesy Mo. Lxp. Station The producers are not re-sponsible for ail the careleesne^^.sin marketing eggs. These twoegg cases on the bark of an ex-press wagon at a railway stationstood in the sun for se\cralhours before being loaded onthe train. GOOD QUALITY EGGS AND HOWTO PRODUCE THEM A dozen eggs should weigh from 24 to 28 ounces. Eggs over28 ounces can not be shi
. Poultry for the farm and home. Courtesy Mo. Exp. Station Many an egg spoils on the wayto market. This farmer and hisgood wife ride in the shade butthey let the sun beat down onthe egg cases. Imagine meatbeing marketed in this way. Courtesy Mo. Lxp. Station The producers are not re-sponsible for ail the careleesne^^.sin marketing eggs. These twoegg cases on the bark of an ex-press wagon at a railway stationstood in the sun for se\cralhours before being loaded onthe train. GOOD QUALITY EGGS AND HOWTO PRODUCE THEM A dozen eggs should weigh from 24 to 28 ounces. Eggs over28 ounces can not be shipped in ordinary egg cases. Eggs under24 ounces must go as seconds. The shell should be smoothand strong. They should be clean bulunwashed. Washing destroysthe keeping qualities. They should be uniform insize, shape, and color. One ofthe advantages of having yourhens all of one breed is that theeggs are Courtesy Ind. Exp. btation A prize-winning tloztii. Produce infertile eggs in summer. Furnish clean nests. Gather regularly. Keep in a cool, dry place. Dont sell washed eggs. Dont keep near oil or onions. Market once or twice a week. The illustration shows theair space in a fresh egg and theshrinkage which results fromkeeping it one week, two weeks,and three weeks, fresh egg sinks to the bottomof a glass of water. A staleegg floats, the big end contain-ing the air space being up. MARKET EGGSWHILE FRESH
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