EQGS AND INCUBATION 



357 



the market. Often the eggs are very poor, especially 



during the summer season. Eggs from stolen nests, dirty 



nests, from held over-stock, etc., 



find their way into the same case, 



and form a motley collection. 



The careful dealer sorts these 



over, candles them and tries to 



grade them before placing them 



on the market. 



The grades of eggs on the 

 market differ to a considerable 

 extent, and in some places more 

 than in others. Large markets 

 like New York or Boston handle 

 the most grades. Professor Phil- 

 ips gives the following as an 

 ideal way to grade eggs : * 



Fig. 197. Sorted vs. un- 

 sorted eggs. Photograph by 

 courtesy Ohio State Univ- 

 ersity College of Agriculture. 



Extras. Weigh 28-26 ozs. naturally and absolutely clean; fresh 



and sound. 



No. 1. Weigh 26-24 ozs., sound, fresh, and reasonably clean. 

 No. 2. Shrunken or stale, washed, small, stained and dirty. 

 No. 3. Checks cracked, but not leaking. 

 No. 4. Rots. Incubator and decomposed eggs. 



A Chicago trade paper gave the following grades in July, 

 1912. 



Extras, candled for city trade 22c. 



. Firsts, graded 70 per cent fresh 17J^c. 



Ordinary, firsts 16c. 



Miscellaneous lots, cases included 15c. to 16c. 



No. 1 Dirties 14c. to 14^c. 



Checks 12^c. to 13c. 



*Bulletin No. 162, Kansas experiment station, p. 251. 



