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Bulletin 248. 



If the flocks contain more than 50 fowls, a longer table must be 

 made. If more pens than 18 are to be recorded, an additional table will 

 be necessary. The table here de- 

 scribed cannot be made wider without 

 making it inconvenient to use, owing 

 to the difficulty in reaching across a 

 wider table. 

 The wells 

 which re- 

 ceive the 



Fig. 100. — The combination- crate filled with eggs and dressed^pouUry; also the 



parts of the refrigerator box. 



eggs should be two inches apart from center to center and should be 

 bored one inch and three-eighths in diameter, one-half inch deep. In 

 order to let the small end of the egg rest firmly in the opening, the well 



should be sunk ^4 of ^^^ i"ch deeper with a 



y^ inch bit. 



AN EGG CARRYING-BOX. 



Planned by James E. Rice. 



When trap-nests are used with a large 

 number of pens, it sometimes is desirable to 

 keep a carrying-box for each pen (Fig. 96) 

 which receives the eggs as they are gathered. 

 At night the carr}ing-boxes are assembled at 

 the egg room and recorded. The wells in 

 the bottom of the box are the same size as 

 in the distributing-table and hold the eggs in 

 an upright position on the little end, where 

 the numbers can be easily read. This 



system is indispensable when instruction is given to a large number of 



students, each having a different pen. 



Fig. 10 1. — The refrigerator- 

 box for the combination- 

 crate. E 



