The Pulaskian., 1920-09-02
MONEY IN EGGS
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SOME EXCELLENT ADVICE CIV FEN PULASKI COUNTY FARM FRS BY MISS ALLEN, COUNTY DEMONSTRATION AGENT.

| Do we realize how much one thousand dollars is? There is money in eggs if we go into the chicken business to make money, BUT this is~a business and must be managed right, just like the dairy business or any other We will be care ful to have only stock that will pay with eggs and friers at the right time. Thou sands of dollars are lost in Arkansas each year in eggs-BAD eggs. Why? We are not careful, we do not realize the value of one egg; we do not seem to care.
 Better Eggs Bring More Money
 We get Bulletin after Bulletin remind. ing us that, to be successful in the egg business, to REMEMBER that our eggs are worth more money if we produce in- fertile eggs by removing the roosters from the flock in the summer time
 Provide clean nests and keep eggs clean.
 Do not wash eggs
 Gather the eggs twice daily during the summer, to prevent them from being heated by the hen.
 Keep them in cool, dry place, away from flies
 Market them at least twice each week.
 It is not right to sell eggs unless they have been candled. Rhy Should Eggs Be odndled2
 Candling provides a fixed standard for trading by doing away with guess work. It makes possible fair price to the careful producer of good eggs.
 It shows who is responsible for the bad eggs, and who wastes food. It leads to general improvement in quality.
 The hen delivers good egg.
 A rotten egg feeds no one.
 Hot0 60 Candle Eggs. | It is necessary to rotate an egg before the candle if one is to obtain an accurate knowledge of its condition By tilting at various angles, the location and size of the air space can be seen, and very often the position of the yolk. But the quality of the egg is yc:! largely determined by the ease with which the yolk moves and the direction of its motion. The operator therefore,:
 l. Grasps the pointed end of the egg with the tips of the fingers.
 2. Holding the blunt end uppermost, places the eggs closely against the open ing, or spout of the candle.
 3. Gives the egg a quick turn to the right or left, watching the movement of the yolk.
 If the egg is perfectly fresh it may be difficult to find the yolk at first glance, but as the egg is turned glimpse of it will be obtained
 Eggs Before the CandLe.
 A good, fresh egg should have a small air space. The yolk should not be very distinct. There should be no black spots or rings. Sometimes the eggshell has fine cracks in 1t. This is commonly known as a "check" egg, and should not be shipped with first quality eggs. It spells very quickly.
 Blood rings are partially incubated eggs, which show distinct ring of blood on the yolk. They are unfit for food and should be rejected.
 Cause: A fertile egg in which the de velopment of the germ has proceeded until blood has formed and the embryo has died. Ring formation is not present while the embryo is alive, although blood spots or veins may show.
 Moldy eggs have black spots that show only before the candle. They are unfit for food
 Cause: Field nests or wet nests, hold ing eggs in damp place, or washing them. Dampness allows mold spores to enter the pores of the shell and grow inside. Mold can also enter through l cracks in the shell.
 Mixed rots, white rots, or addled eggs when turned before the candle show the yolk more or less mixed withthe white. They are unfit for food.
 Cause: Bacterial decomposition usually following advanced staleness.
 Stuck yolk eggs have yolks apparently stuck to the shell. They are unfit for food.
 Cause: In hot wether, when fertile eggs are kept without turning, the yolk may rise through the white and become attached to the shell membrane. In cool weather the yolk may settle in the shell and become fastened to the shell mem brane.
 Heated eggs before the candle will show