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be used for cooking, perhaps the contents of some of the eggs can be 

 blown out and the shells added to the collection. They should always 

 be properly labeled. 



Method. — (a) The size, weight, and form of eggs. 



Make outline drawings, natural size, of as many different kinds of 



Fig. 2. — A collection of eggs for study 



eggs as the time will permit. Place several eggs representing different 

 types side by side and observe the different outlines. 



Select one dozen eggs each of large, medium, and small sizes. Weigh 

 them and estimate the loss or gain if they had been bought by weight 

 instead of by the dozen. A dozen hen's eggs should weigh one and one 

 half pounds, or twenty-four ounces, equal to two ounces each. 



Describe the different forms of the eggs by suitable descriptive terms, 

 such as elliptical, round, elongated. 



