| Show how properly to candle eggs to protect sales various classes of eggs are unsuitable for food and the backyard poultry grower ought to know them and how to detect them even if the chances of his producing many are slim lie de should know candling technique all he needs as equipment Is an electric lamp with a cone shade over it having an inch and a liala hole one rarely needs a sixth sense to detect a rotten egg dont feed it to chicks other kinds of discarded eggs however can be worked into the mash for the flock and thus are not a total loss moldy eggs should not be fed back they should be buried eggs with stuck yolks can bo be used for poultry feed providing they present no evidence of having spoiled but are not good for human consumption in a fresh egg the air space Is small measuring not over three fourths of an inch in diameter the yolk Is dimly visible possesses limited freedom of motion and shows no visible germ spot the white Is firm and clear and absolutely free of floating particles like meat or blood spots in a stale egg the space la Is larger and may have ain an irregular movable lower outline the white Is thin the yolk Is plain to the eye and it moves easily if blood veins or a blood ring shows in a heated egg the egg should not be eaten |
