. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. taken short trips as high as 110 degrees. The only wonder is that I got a chicken out of any of the eggs. It is astonishing how much an egg will stand. " From my experience with hens I am satisfied I will be able to get more chicks from a given num- ber of eggs with the incu- bator than I ever could with hens. It would be a poor hand who could not raise from a fourth to a third more chicks with brooders than with the best ; Packing Eggs for Marltet—We present here- with three different styles or methods of packin
. The American farm and stock manual. Agriculture; Home economics. taken short trips as high as 110 degrees. The only wonder is that I got a chicken out of any of the eggs. It is astonishing how much an egg will stand. " From my experience with hens I am satisfied I will be able to get more chicks from a given num- ber of eggs with the incu- bator than I ever could with hens. It would be a poor hand who could not raise from a fourth to a third more chicks with brooders than with the best ; Packing Eggs for Marltet—We present here- with three different styles or methods of packing eggs for shipment or for storage, any one of which will be found simple, inexpensive and practical. Our illustration, Fig. 1, represents a substantial carrying case, with nine drawers, the frames of which are of wood covered with canvas or sacking, with cords or strings underneath, for the purpose of keeping the eggs in their places. The sacks, at the top and^ bottom, have depressions, as shown in the cover of the engraving, so that the eggs fit snugly and are not liable to be displaced by handling or trans- porting. Each alternating layer, coming between these depressions in each box or drawer, fills up the inter- s t i c e 8 perfectly. With proper care these cases will last for years, are always ready for packing and can be filled as the eggs are laid, thus avoiding repeated handling. The eggs can also be kept in them per- fectly secure when the owner desires to hold his stock for better market. There are nine layers or drawers of eggs in this box, each layer containing eight dozen, or a total of seventy-two dozen of eggs. Fig. 2. shows a cheaper case iu every respect. It is a common packing boxj ma4e with paste or binders' board partitions, and each layer of eggs is FIG. 1.—OANTAS COVEKED FIG. 2.—COMMON TRANSPORTING Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and
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