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the brownest and whitest eggs are placed side by side. Group the tinted 

 eggs together and note how much darker the hght brown eggs appear 

 when placed by the side of the white eggs than they do when placed by 

 the side of the brown eggs. Note also how much darker the whitish 

 eggs appear when contrasted with the pure white eggs than they do when 

 seen by the side* of the light brown eggs. 



Fig. 2^. — A collection of eggs for study. 



Observe how much more attractive a dozen pure white eggs and a 

 similar number of brown eggs appear when grouped alone than they do 

 when mixed together. It pays to produce eggs that are uniform in color. 



(c) Texture of eggs. 



Note the differences in texture of the egg shells from the different 

 kinds of poultry, — the glossy, the smooth, the rough, the thick, and the 

 thin shells. The differences in texture of the shell are usually breed 

 characteristics and may be used to determine the kind of fowl that laid 

 the egg. Sometimes fowls lay eggs which have abnormal shells because 



