. Don't kill the laying hen;. Eggs. HOW THE EGG GROWS. HE two organs that perform the most impor- tant part in producing the egg are the ovary and oviduct. The ovary is attached to the back bone, and is over the one joint in the back (or very close to the joint), v^hich is about the center of the body. The oviduct starts from the ovary, laying in folds on the left side of the back bone, and extends to the point of egg delivery, and if the duct were unfolded it would be 18 or 24 inches long. The ovary is the organ which forms the germ that eventually will be the full-grown egg. Its part of the
. Don't kill the laying hen;. Eggs. HOW THE EGG GROWS. HE two organs that perform the most impor- tant part in producing the egg are the ovary and oviduct. The ovary is attached to the back bone, and is over the one joint in the back (or very close to the joint), v^hich is about the center of the body. The oviduct starts from the ovary, laying in folds on the left side of the back bone, and extends to the point of egg delivery, and if the duct were unfolded it would be 18 or 24 inches long. The ovary is the organ which forms the germ that eventually will be the full-grown egg. Its part of the work is to mature the yolk, and when it fully reaches this condition the outer covering of the yolk ruptures and al- lows it, with its more delicate inner covering, to drop out into the mouth of the oviduct. It then passes through the oviduct, and in the first 5 or 6 inches of its journey it receives its coating of albumin, or what is called the white of the egg. The albumin is brought in by circulation and stored in cells in the oviduct, and as the yolk passes through the albumin secreted is gathered by the yolk. After this part of the work is finished the two sub- stances have to be sacked and sealed. For the next 6 or. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Potter, Thomas F. [from old catalog]. Chicago, Ill. , American poultry journal pub. col
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