Show I I HIGH QUALITY EGGS IN SUM SUMMER MONTHS One of ot the tho biggest problems that faces the poultry producer Is the production production production pro pro- of high quality eggs through the summer months The reason for this Is the heat of ot the summer Bummer will start fertile eggs to Incubate and thereby thereby thereby there there- by spoil the quality unless special effort effort effort ef ef- ef- ef fort Is taken The Tue biggest loss can be stopped by bythe bythe bythe the production of Infertile Instead of ot fertile eggs Supplementing Supplementing- and correlated correlated cor con related with this effort to produce Infertile infertile In in- fertile eggs Is the need for tor careful methods of collecting storing and mar mat koting It is a customary practice for the people who are In charge of ot enforcing the egg-candling egg laws to lift the requirements requirements requirements re re- re- re for candling during March Marchand Marchand and April for the reason renson that during the heavy hea production season the eggs e s are arc mark marketed ted with good quality The cool cool col weather plus the large supply I helps to maintain the good condition of or orthe the eggs marketed during this period I Investigations show that at least two thirds of the egg eg losses occur on the thc farm The remainder Is on the n huckster wagons In the country store on hot freight and nd express cars and amI andIn andin In Improper storage This loss has been estimated at 20 20 O per farm In Missouri and It Is doubtless as ns high In the other heavy producing poultry states No doubt the rooster Is responsible for more of this loss than any other other one contributing element H He eats priced high feed during the summer f without producing any benefit and does a great deal of ot harm In lowering the quality of ot the eggs The movement to c ill the rooster out of the flock Is on onas onas onas as soon as the breeding season is over oer The young oung cockerels can be best developed developed de do- by keeping them separated from the flock and ami feed and marl market et them as soon as ns possible The cockerels cockerels cock cock- ends that are to be kept for breeding purposes can be developed better If It kept separate from the main flock In III addition to the loss resulting from the sale of ot fertile eggs there Is a n further preventable loss from cracked eggs dirty eggs shrunken and bad- bad flavored eggs These different losses may be lowered by feeding oyster shell by having havin plenty of nests b by gathering the eg eggs s dall dally daily by hy packing them so they will not break and eating all odd odd- sized eggs at nt home Bad flavors are usually caused b by feeding unusual feeds or by keeping the eggs In a n place where the they absorb unpleasant odors I |