Show 4 EGGS DAMAGED BY IMPROPER STORAGE Hens lens Should Be Provided With Plenty of Clean Nests Store Nests Store in Dark Cool Place Dirty eggs can be avoided by clean I quarters and plenty of nests In muddy muddy mud mud- dy times keep the floor of th the poultry house ouse well bedded with clean litter One of the ithe chief causes of dirty eggs is too few nests A hen lays a clean egg and leaves the nest another hen gets in the n nest st a ad d stepping around in it Sit before she sits down dawn fouls the clean egg laid by the first hen lien hen Wet straw in the nests often stains the eggs a dirty yellow Do not wash egg eggs egg This injures their keeping qualities t Eggs kept in a damp moldy place and eggs smeared over over from broken brotten eggs develop rotten spots The farmer farm farm- er should keep eggs in a cool dry dark clark place A cool dry cellar is a 11 good place Eggs are damaged quickly quick quick- ly 11 in Ia a damp cellar or in a warm pantry pantry pan pan- try or kitchen Eggs Eggs should be gathered daily dally in cool ool weather weather- and twice a day or oftener often often- er in hot weather They should be bl placed as 1 soon oon as gathered in a cool dry place and should be protected from heat by being covered while on the road to town the same as cream I Most farmers need to change their stock and secure hens that will lay a uniform quality of good sized good sized eggs that when properly taken care of will grade as firsts Moldy feeds and overfeeding are likely to produce eggs with a bad fla fla- fia- fia vor Eggs absorb bad odors from vegetables vegetables meat kerosene and other bad smelling surroundings Eggs packed h in id bran oats or chaff that are molded or damp are ara likely to absorb odors or flavors Eggs should never be placed against metal as is done when they are gathered in a tin pail pall The metal is likely to make a spot on the shell where it touches the egg |