Show 4 lJ 1 I t I CANDLING GANOUNG CU CULLS LS IN INFERIOR RI R EGG EGGS FROM MARKET l SUPPLY Y AND ADDS To I II H I o I I I Ir r j Iw i 4 m f Home Made Home e Box Bo Tester Facilitates Marketing of Strictly Fr h Jn Prepared by the United meat ment of States Utes Dep Depart rt- rt Looking at the marvels of l Mars rs through a n telescope Is is' isa a scale big big rep Ilca of the tile wonder which the o egg g tester sees as candles he-candles eggs for don con condition and quality A pec peep through the testing egg dlce pl plus s the ability to differentiate bt between between- err sound t and id ll stale e eggs gs enables the operator to add add acId markedly to the price price of the fresh quality eggs w which lie le ie sells The shell hell of a n new laid c egg gg has ims n a soft bloom which is the visible RI sign 1 of perfect freshness s. s This bloom I Is destroyed b by a n touch and In any case disappears after a n few da days days' s ex- ex exposure ex- ex 1 I to the air all After After that the the- theal ap al- of f the shell shel Is not a a- reliable rel Indication of the condition of the theon fon con con- ten tents ts By holding an nn egg between the eye I and und a n strong light ht in such a manner that the ra rays of f f light the come to the eye e I through tim the the thc condition of the contents contents contents' can cnn l hI ha p sects eon n This method of examining eg eggs I Is called candling This work Is done in a dark room using a n light in a case n-case case cas havI hav hay I lag ing lg opposite the light n a hole of proper proper- i size Ize and shape before which the eg egg Is held belt for examination Handy Made Home Egg Tester An ordinary hand hanel lamp a lantern an Incandescent bulb or a flash light lIht may ia be le used Ar large enough to hold the lump lamp set on end can lie lie- used for a II case Besides the hole In Inthe inthe the the side sIde opposite he light there ere should be lie a n hole a-hole hole In the top end otherwise the he heat from the use light would fire the tha box box A tester chimney such as Is used on oil a lamp for testing eggs In Incubation men men- bation may be u used ed d for candling For Fot convenience the light should be lie placed ed on a a table or shelf The eggs to be bc should be placed be-placed placed at one Ride of the light while on m the opposite side receptacles for the good and md bad eggs s should hould be leg e provided Each egg should hould be bo examined alone by hy holding It it large end up close to the the light A Ago perfectly go good gob c fresh egg shows full fulland fulland and clear cleir before the light there is almost no alt all cell at the large rge end and the yolk olk outline is only faintly y discernible A fixed air ah cell of one- one eighth to three sixteenths of an Inch in depth indicates a fresh egg as eggs run un in general A larger large air all cell with witha a mobile lower line indicates indicates- accord accordIng accord accord- Ing to 10 size Ize and n fluctuation fluctuation-a a stale egg or one becoming weak eal and w watery tery I. I Indication of 01 Spots r Yer Very small spots spots which which tire are apparent apparent ent eat in the the eggs eggs are usually blood clots Large spots rings and shadows art arSi od due ulue e to heat and germination on and aud In Indicate In- In decomposition in the first stages An egg U that at is opaque except for a n large Hied air all cell contains a c thick chick lck dead at lin an advanced stage of of position An opaque egg with large all air air cell having a mobile lowerS lower line is lr 11 an art a advanced v stage stag of fluid p position Eggs showing soiled spots or r rings can an often be be utilized by them and s separating the bad part I |