| Show ROOST ROOSTER ER IS ONLY nuisances NUI NUISANCE SANCEl without malo male bird at head of flock I 1 jeaa are ara better for marketing Is a needless expense by marili banle 55 13 rma milwaukee wis the rooster la Is doomed t A male bird holding around away over flocks of liens bens kept for fresh egg purposes has been declared a bill ot of expense and a nuisance the liens hens are credited with laying more eggs without and without him at the bead of the flock the eggs are better for market purposes therefore he to Is of value only la in breeding season and as soon eoon as the breeding season la Is ended the male ma I 1 ei birds should be confined or be headed such Is the verdict of the poultry men of wisconsin when they met at their annual picnic at devils lake recently the presence of the male bird in the flock causes the egg to become fertile or batch ablo as all fertile eggs contain the germ of life this germ to la easily affected by heat beat and frequently the heat of the sun while the egg agg Is la in the nest or on the way to market will start the germ to devel develop the heat not being continued at a high enough to continue developing the germ dies and decay soon eoon sets in without the male bird in the flock this germ Is absent from the egg the egg Is non fertile or as Is sometimes said sterile the sterile egg having no germ of life cannot decay but simply dries during the process of drying the egg Is useable at all times and sterile eggs are frequently used when a year or two old and found to beba be in splendid condition egg buyers alt over the country are complaining about the unusual number of rotten eggs this season and it Is tonetter to better the condition of the market egg that the swat tho the rooster day has been advocated tennessee ohio Alia missouri Bourl and many other states have halie held a rooster day in Allas missouri ourt it la is estimated that male birds were marketed which will mean a saving caving missouri farmer of this season in wisconsin where dozen eggs are re annually produced on our farms it la is estimated that at leas itty fifty thousand will be saved for tho the farmer by the marketing of the sterile egg |
