Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-30
ABOUT EGGs.-We copy the following fro.

ABOUT EGGs.-We copy the following from
the Christian Union,
Twelve for d quarter is now written On
placards DIT all the stalls where eggs are sold.
and pretty good ones they are, cjn~li erjag
the doubts with which city residents have
been constrained u regard them durinr the
long winter Now IS the time when the
poulterer is preparing Tor his summer cam
paign. Surprising that you are intending 90
raise chickens, the process IF hs-cnin. be-
comes most interesting bu5 ytu need ID be
very energetic Ia performance OF your share
OF the WORK, for nature na5 taught the ben
all that Is necessary, ami You need b We no
care beyond providing nests, shete and !o0i.
To be sure, hens VIII, uGless lhev are pr,-
vented, hatch out bro DIS OF ca cks carrier
than they are wanted, AID that cln54p.ec9ty
must be pr vIded tor. Ii may be interesting
to our readers to know that when. through
some accident, nest oi e. becomes chilled.
they LAY often be restored 10 lie bv miners
my them IN warm water. Mr. 5Vr~lts;,ys
in hIz illustrated Pract1caj Poultry KeeDer.
that, III ordinary weather, eggs Will survive
n very long absence oil tie heu. and sho.lid
ntyer therefore be abtndou,d eY-n attc,
Tiny have become apparently quite cold The
three days over. He s'ys that on one ae..s-
sion, On the very las; dty OF IucuJtuon, the
nan prayed truanG and her eggs becaiu. ab
solutely stone cold. TIE e.gs were placed
in water heated To lO5 degrees, another hen
being sent Tor meautIme, and in abJu5 ten
minutes they began to show signs Of life.
and eventually hatched. Ii Is therefore 4
good plan, IN case hen refuses to sj5 10
n 1tU.t-
engagements lor halclHng can be made. With
the aid OF a thermometer they can be kept in
water lOr hours without injury. VISA re-
gard To packing eggs intended fer hatehine.
1t Is now admitted by tie best authorities
that they should be packed with the big END
down. This is in opposition to a time hon
Ored custom, but Mr.. Wright and Nj. Lewis
(the latter author Of the Rt0Dies Practical
Poultry BOOk), agree that tn biz emf 81 Lld
be doicH- Inc reasin Tor THIS are OF c,uree
complex, but one at least $ easy al CONNIE
heusIon. namely. that tie air bubble winch
Is az the larger END, eliarges faster when
that end IS uppermOst. rui5 position Is ais,
best tor eggs INTENDED Tor market r. i
however, less important in their case. and
the careful placing OF each egg with the small
erd uppermUst, would Irvolve 81 much tI.o4.
that perhaps it wOud hardly ray. The old
plan oI PACKING eggs Tor market in oats or
bran is now gong Jut OF practice. There
are many cases, patented aud otherwise. tor
transporting eggs, bat the principal thing Is
to Construct a b K with soft com partments.
each Of which shall hold an egg in such a
manuer tbat 1t viii be impossible for two 10
Jostle one another or to int against the sides
OF the box. This end Is attained by making
square frame large enough To divide up INTO
several Dozen squares, each large enough to
contain an egg with considerable room to
spare. Stou. cords are fastened net-wise at
top and bottom oi the frame, marking the
divisions oil the squares. Over these cords
eoarse canvas is tackled. frame or drawer
is Tiled with eggs, each one having little
nest Tor itself. The frame is then nut into
The large bVx in winch It should closely fiji
md WHEN tile next frame IS In POSITION On