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Show LIKE GRADING FLAN IN MARKETING EGGS More Careful Practices Are Found Profitable. By R. E.Cray, Poultry Extension STierlallst Ohio State University. WNU Service. Each year more eggs are marketed market-ed on a graded basis. Along with this trend It Is noticeable that poul-trymen poul-trymen are taking better care of their eggs. And we are finding that the farm practices leading to better quality are no more difficult to follow fol-low than many of the practices now In vogue that lead to poorer quality. Eggs, like milk, deteriorate. Because Be-cause the egg comes in a sealed package, and its appearance seems much the same whether kept under un-der good conditions or poor conditions, condi-tions, farmers have come more slowly to those practices that make for quality. Here are the four practices poul-trymen poul-trymen say lead to good quality: Remove all cockerels from the flock as soon as the breeding season sea-son Is ended. Use good laying ration. It happens hap-pens that the best laying rations also are proving to be the rations that give quality and, when the eggs are fertile, hatchability. Produce clean eggs, by using good litter in nests, on the floor, and covering cov-ering dropping hoards with wire netting. Gather eggs frequently. One poul-tryman poul-tryman reports saving time by gathering gath-ering four times a day. He had less washing to do, he explained. |