The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1914-07-02


winter and early spring are infertile
several hens at the same time. After
the eggs have been under the hen for
seven days they should be tested to
see whether they are fertile or infer
tile. Infertile eggs should be re-
moved and used at home in cooking
or for omelets, and the fertile eggs
should be put back under the hen
For example; Thirty eggs are set I'M
der three hens at the same time, ten
under each. At the end of seven days
we find on testing the eggs that ten
are infertile, which leaves us 20 eggs
to reset, which we do by putting them
under two hens and have the remain
ing one to set over again after she
has set only seven days.
A good homemade egg tester or can
die can be made from a large shoe
box or any box that is large enough to
go over a lamp by removing an end
and cutting hole a little larger than
the size of a quarter in the bottom
of the box, so that when it is set over
a common kerosene lamp the hole in
the bottor will be opposite the blaze
A hole the size of silver dollar should
be cut in the top of the box to allow
the heat to escape. An infertile egg,
the lamp lighted inside the box, will
look perfectly clear, the same as a
fresh one. while fertile egg will show
a small dark spot, known as the en-
bryo, with mass Of little blood veins
extending in all directions if the en-
bryo is living. If dead, if the egg has
been incubated for at least SO hours,
the blood settles away from the en-
bryo toward the edges Of the yolk,
forming in some cases an irregular cir
Gle Of blood, known as blood ring.
Eggs vary in this respect, some show
ing only streak of blood The test
ing should be done in dark room.
Proper Methods of Marketing Eggs.
When ready to sell the eggs grade
them according to size and color and
put them into the following classes, is
the advice contained in farmers bull
letin 562 Of the department of agricul-
ture:
Large white eggs, large brown eggs,
small white eggs. and small brown
eggs. A uniform lot will, as rule,
higher price than a mixed
3ne. When taking them to town keep
hem covered and out of the direct
'ays Of the sun. The following rules
should be followed in the care Of
Eggs
1. Keep the nests Clean provide
,ne nest for every four hens.
2. Gather the eggs twice daily.
3. Keep the eggs in a cool, dry room
,r cellar.
A. Market the eggs at least twice a
week.
An infertile egg is one that is laid
" a hen that has not been allowed to
I'm with male bird or by hen
rom which male bird has been sep
rated from seven days to three weeks.
Experiments have shown that the time
aries In most cases, however. IA
avs is long enough to wait for the
ggs to become infertile after the male
ird is removed from the female. 1t
) impossible to hatch an infertile egg
r to cause blood ring to form in
ne. 1t also keeps in good condition
l temperatures that will cause fer
lie eggs to rot.
A fertile egg is just the opposite OF
ne infertile in many respects. 1t is
le egg that is produced from hens
lat are running with male birds, al
lough occasionally there are hens
INNING with male birds that lay in
srtile eggs. This Is often the case
it'll hens that are confined in yards
nd runs, and birds that do not have
reen feed. or those that are overfat
he fertile egg is the egg from which
lie chick is Matched, and the egg
lat spells so quickly when subjected
, the ordinary methods OF handling
. the farm and when marketed in the
ot summer months under adverse
,nditions.