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Show MACHINE FOR TESTING EGGS Electrlo "Daylight" Tester Has Inter, eating Automatic Features Age May Be Determined. Testing eggs outdoors or in a room having ordinary light, where eggs may bo sorted and crated at the same time, la possible with the machine here shown. The outfit is about three feet long, with a roller at each end over which an endless canvas belt moves. About six inches apart on this belt are small metal aaucers, each of whli h holds an egg, aaya tho Popular Popu-lar Electricity. Centrally located above the belt Is an electric lamp, receiving re-ceiving current from a regular lighting light-ing circuit, or from 21 dry batteries, and over the lamp la pluced a hood having an opening in thn top. The belt la run by turning a crank, and the electric lamp automatically lights when an egg passes over It, revealing re-vealing the condition of the egg to An Electrlo "Daylight" Egg Tester Having Interesting Automatic Features. Fea-tures. the person looking into the hood. Another An-other Interesting feature of the ma-shine ma-shine Is the automatic turning of the egg upon the belt, thus enabling the tester to examine It on all sides. The age may be determined by the way the egg bas settled In the shell. A perfectly fresh egg shows a clean, deep orange color, wblle a bad one Is almoet black. Aa the eggs pass under tbe hood, the good ones are left to roll out on a canvas extension table, while the bad ones are removed by hand. |