Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 228, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1913 — Denmark Eggs Heaviest. [ARTICLE]

Denmark Eggs Heaviest.

The French chamber of commerce in London has recently made an examination of the egg market and ascertained that the largest eggs solif there come from Denmark. The Danish eggs are the most popular as well as the< heaviest The great majority of them weigh more than two and one* half ounces. The average American egg has been found to weigh as much as the heaviest French eggs. This investigation classified the eggs as tq country only. Some years ago obser* vations were taken as to breeds of hens. Records were made of the weight of eggs that several hens of well known breeds laid during a period of six months. It was found that the largest eggs were produced by light Brahmas, the average weight be* ing two and one-third ounces. Pub lets’ eggs did not exceed two ounces in weight.