New and Improved Poultry Appliances. 



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Method of Marking the Eggs. 



In order to use the egg distributing-table to the very best advantage, 

 the eggs should always be 

 marked when they are removed 

 from the nests. A uniform sys- 

 tem of marking them should be 

 adopted. The method which we 

 follow is to place the number of 

 the hen and the number of the 

 pen on the large end of the egg 

 thus : ^■^ hen number 145 and 

 pen number i. All the eggs each 

 day can then be arranged on the 

 distributing-table, little end 

 down, in the order of the pens, i, 

 2, 3, 4, etc., across the table, and 

 also in the order of the leg-band 

 number of the hens in each pen 



from left to right: that is, pen number i, hen number 145, 146, 147, etc. 

 (Fig. 94.) All the numbers can then be seen quickly at a glance and 

 may be transferred to the records in systematic order. 



A SYSTEM FOR KEEPING TRAP-NEST RECORDS. 



Planned by James E. Rice and R. C. Lawry. 



A workable system for keeping the records of each fowl as to egg 

 production, date, broodiness, sickness, death, etc., is a necessity when 



Fig. 102. — View inside the refrigerator-box 

 showing the ice-chamber and the false bot- 

 tom for drainage. 



Fig. 103. — The sanitary water-pan and cover in use. Note platform 10 inches 



above the floor. 



