24 A DISSERTATION ON EGGS 



the same box. Whether they are fresh or not is evidently 

 no concern of his. He will not wash a stained egg. On 

 the other hand, the farmers of Denmark are most particu- 

 lar about all these things. They place all the eggs of one 

 size together. They arrange the different shades, and 

 they see that every egg is fresh and clean. All that 

 means saving to the shopman, together with the certainty 

 of better prices and more trade. 





