Show MORE eiore MONEY IN EGGS improper handling causes loss of millions of dollars good homemade home made mada candler can be made fe fm orn box that Is large enough to cover lamp ex celli int results secured the improper handling bundling ot of eggs throughout tho the country causes an enormous enorma us loss the amount extending into many millions of dollars annually it Is an established fact that strictly fresh eggs command a higher prito than those commonly designated as store eggs and if the farmer who Is the largest producer of this well known perishable commodity would take more care in selecting grading and marketing this product he would receive a price higher than the average market one tor for his eggs on many farms throughout the country the money derived from the sale of poultry and eggs buys the groc groceries eries and clothing for the entire family the money from this source may be testing eggs substantially increased by establishing establish ing a private trade in eggs of good quality with hotels restaurants etc in towns and abid cities A good homemade home made egg tester or candler can be made from a large arge shoo box or any box that to Is large enough to go over a lamp by removing an end and cutting a hole bole a little larger than the size of a quarter in the side of the box so that when it la Is set over a common kerosene lamp tho the hole will be opposite the blaze A hole the size of a silver dollar should be cut in the top ot of the box to allow allozy the heat to escape A fresh egg held at the hole opposite the blaze of the lamp will show perfectly clear through the shell A stale or bad egg will show dark spots this egg tester may be used with excellent results in determining whether eggs are fertile or infertile many eggs that are laid in late winter and early spring are infertile for this reason it Is advisable when setting time comes to set several hens at the same time after the eggs have been under the hen for seven days daya they should be tested to see whether the they are fertile or infertile infertile eggs should be removed and used at home in cooking for they are just as good as others and the fertile eggs 4 L I 1 homemade home made egg tetter tester should be put back under the hen in als hi a way it is s often possible to put all of the fertile eggs under fewer hens and reset the hens from which tho the eggs hara bare been taken in testing these eggs an infertile egg when held before the small email hole of the egg testing box with the lighted lamp inside will look perfectly clear the same as a fresh one while a fertile egg will show a small dark spot known as the embryo with a mass of little blood veins extending in all directions if the embryo Is living it dead it if the egg has been incubated for at least 36 hours the blood settles away from the embryo toward the edge ct cf the yolk forming what Is known as a blood ring the testing should be done in a dark room |