Show Y DOUBLE YOLK EGGS OFFERED BY DOZEN massachusetts college hers working 9 overtime by prof J c graham nead head of poultry dep a it m ent massachusetts state college service state college hens have been work ing overtime and have laid so many double eggs that the college Is offering eggs of this type for sale by the dozen A number of poultry men have found that their hens too have been producing double eggs on rather a large scale so they have been able to offer them for sale an egg with two yolks is an abnormal egg in flocks which are highly bred tor for egg production when the pullets first start to lay their egg manufacturing fac turing organs are not properly synchronized chroni zed so that yolks may be produced more rapidly than whites membranes and shells As a result two yolks may be enclosed sometimes within the same egg 0 after the birds have been laying for some time however this tendency to produce double eggs is lessened double eggs when they are available usually sell for 7 to 10 cents above the price of ordinary fresh eggs but they may weigh from 30 to 86 30 ounces as compared with an average of about 24 ounces per par dozen for ordinary eggs on this basis the purchaser gets more eggs for his money by buying bryin double eggs from a nutritional point of view the double eggs are even more superior than the weight would indicate tor for the extra yolk adds much more food value than the same amount of white in fact according to miss may alay foley nutrition specialist st of the college egg yolk contains more food value per ounce than any other common food |