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waterglass last year, in tanks capable of holding 

 5000 to 7000 eggs each. It is useful to note 

 that eggs are popped into the preserving tanks 

 when the market drops below lOd. a dozen, 

 and 3s. 6d. spent on waterglass is sufficient 

 to preserve 5000 eggs. These eggs are taken 

 out at Christmas and sold as preserved eggs 

 at about a penny each. 



The old stone pigsty has been converted 

 into brooders. Inside the farmhouse you will 

 find the offices of the Society and the rooms 

 where the eggs are tested and packed as they 

 are delivered by the collecting vans. Here 

 also lives one of the officials of the Society. 



A large trade is done in day-old chicks, 

 and 5000 of these were sold last year. But 

 the incubators are also used for hatching the 

 eggs for members at a small fee. This I 

 consider to be an excellent plan, for as the 

 incubators are in the charge of an expert they 

 are worked with skill, and much labour in 

 the small holder's home is saved by this form 

 of CO - operation. Outside, in one of the 

 orchards, beautifully sheltered by apple-trees 

 and fragrant with the scent of pink and white 

 blossoms, are some forty or fifty foster-mothers 

 gaily painted blue, as well as a new brooder- 



