Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1917 — Making Eggs Count. [ARTICLE]

Making Eggs Count.

It is not such a hard Job to market eggs so that one gets the best prices and so that none of the eggs spoil. One poultry raiser offers these simple precautions for improving the egg crop: 1. Confine or sell all roosters after May 15. The rooster makes eggs fertile. Fertile eggs spoil. 2. Provide plenty of roomy, clean, well-littered nests. Dirty nests capse dirty eggs and dirty eggs spoil quickly. You need a nest for every five or six hens. 8. Gather the eggs twice a day during warm weather. 4. Put your eggs in a good, Service-

able crate equipped with sound, clean fillers, and flats. Keep them in a cool cellar or milk room until you take them to town. □ 5. Market your eggs at least once a week (and oftener if you have enough to make it practical). 6. Use dirty, weak-shelled and misshaped eggs at home. They are all right if used right away, but are hard to handle on the way to the consumer. 7. If possible, sell to a buyer who pays more for good than for bad eggs.