Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 318, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1920 — Use Ingenious Methods to Determine if Unhatched Egg Contains Male or Female [ARTICLE]

Use Ingenious Methods to Determine if Unhatched Egg Contains Male or Female

Probably as a result of the late Dan Leno's researches, the breakfast egg is usually regarded as a sexless Individual, yet were it possible to determine such a point on its entry; Into this world, the poultry market would be increased tenfold. Some people contend that one etui tell an egg's sex, and a favorfte method of determining this Is the following: Hold the egg with three fingers of the left hand towards the sun or gas light Shade the point of the egg with the right hand and look for the air space or “setting," a dark spot about the size of a threepenny bit says London Answers. If this is found at the top of the egg, if is a male, but if found lower down on the side, it is a female. A method employed by an Australian poultry farmer is ingenious, though rather elaborate. He places a two-shill-ing piece on a table, threads a fine sewing needle with a jilece of cotton, and holds the cotton in one hand so that the point of the needle is ranging just over the center of the florin. In his other hand he takes the egg and holds this Immediately above the cotton. If the chieken inside is a cockerel the point of the needle swings from side to side above the coin, like a pendulum. If the chicken is a pullet the needle swings in a circular motion round the coin.