Exercise 32 (Continued) 



and size. Compare the returns received, noting any discrimination due to 

 color. 



Leading Questions. — 1. What are the requisites of a good candling lamp? 



2. How many eggs can you candle in an hour? 



3. How can the crates of eggs and receptacles be best arranged to fa- 

 cilitate the work? 



4. ^Vhat should a case filled with eggs weigh? 



5. What should one dozen eggs weigh in each of the folio-wing classes: 

 large, medium, small, culls? 



6. What do you understand by the terms, checks, leakers, rots, spots, 

 and dirties? 



7. Taking the daily quotations on the day of this exercise, find the value 

 of one crate of white eggs. How does this compare with the value of a case of 

 browTi eggs and a case of mixed colors? How do these compare with the 

 actual prices returned for the last shipment made? 



8. In packing a case of eggs for market, how can you largely prevent 

 breaking? 



9. When nailing on the top of a full case of eggs, what plan should you 

 follow, to hold contents tight to prevent undue shaking and cracking? 



10. How would you pack two hundred eggs to be shipped for hatching? 



11. By what kind of transportation would you ship eggs to market? 



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