EXERCISE No. 48 

 CARING FOR AND MARKETING EGGS 



Object: To learn how to care for eggs and to market 

 them. 



Material : An egg tester and eggs that have been stored 

 for several weeks (a) in a living room of a house and (b) in a 

 cool cellar; fresh eggs and eggs which have been incubated 

 for different periods; three lots of eggs of a dozen each, one 

 carefully sorted for color and size, one of various colors, and 

 one of uniform color, but of various shapes and sizes. 



Method: 1. The Effect of Storage. Candle several 

 fresh eggs. Candle others which have been incubated for 

 one, three, and seven days respectively, and several from 

 each of the two sets of stored eggs. Make careful com- 

 parisons. 



2. Preparation for Market. Compare the three sets of 

 market eggs. Rank them in the order in which you think 

 they would sell, giving your reasons. Visit a grocery store 

 and note whether the eggs there have been sorted to uniform 

 shapes, sizes, and colors. 



Conclusion : What difference did you find between fresh 

 and stored eggs? Would you store eggs in a living room of 

 your home or in a cool cellar? Give reasons. 



What changes did you find in eggs due to incubation? 

 Does this help to explain any of the conditions that you 

 found in stored eggs? 



State briefly how you would prepare eggs for market so 

 as to make them most salable... 



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