Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1917 — Produce Infertile Eggs! [ARTICLE]

Produce Infertile Eggs!

Farmers lose millions of dollars, annually from bad methods of producing and handling eggs. One-third of this loss is preventable, because it is due to the partial hatching of fertile eggs which have been allowed to become warm enough to begin to incubate. You can save the money now lost from blood rings by keeping the male bird from your flock after the hatching season is over. The rooster does nbt help the hens to lay. He merely fertilizes the germ of the egg. The fetrile germ in hot weather quickly becomes a blood ring, which spoils the egg for food and market. Summer heat has the same effect on fertile eggs as the hen or incubator. After the hatching season cook, sell or pen your rooster. Your hens not running with a male bird will produce infertile eggs—quality eggs that keep best and market best. Heat is the great enemy of eggs, both fertile and' infertile. Farmers are urged to follow these simple rule, which cost nothing but time and thought, and will add dollars to the poultry yard returns: 1. Keep the nests clean; provide one nest for every four hens. 2. Gather the eggs twice daily. 18. Keep the eggs in a cool, dry room or cellar. 4. (Market the eggs at least twice a week. ■5. Sell, kill or confine all male birds as soon as the hatching season is over.