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Parts of a fresh egg 282 



The beginning of the end of incubation 284 



The young graduate 284 



Nests used for sitting hens 291 



The Oregon Station combination hatching and brooding coop 293 



A new brood coop 294 



Plan of hen brood coop 295 



Hen brooding at Oregon Station . . 296 



Brood coop made out of a shoe box 297 



Brooding coops on a Rhode Island farm 298 



Division of poultry labor at Petaluma 300 



Chicks loaded onto the wagon 301 



After traveling two miles the chicks were put into this brood- 

 ing house 302 



Oregon Station incubator house 303 



Interior of Oregon Station incubator house 304 



A 150-egg incubator 305 



A 250-egg incubator . . . . 306 



Hot water jug brooder . . . . . . . . 325 



Continuous brooding system 326 



Room or stove brooding; a night scene 327 



A stove brooder with hover 328 



A stove brooder showing hover and different parts 329 



Room brooding, with oil or gas heater outside of room . . . . 330 



Flock of 8,000 young pullets 330 



Cornell gasoline brooder 331 



Terra cotta brooder 332 



A 12-dozen crate which may be used for shipping eggs . . . . 338 



A roaster in a parcel post package 339 



A parcel post package showing eggs wrapped . . 339 



The rural mail carrier takes the eggs from the farm . . . . 340 



Commercial egg candling 352 



A kerosene lamp set inside of a box makes a good tester. . . . 353 



Instead of a kerosene lamp, an electric light bulb may be used 354 



A fresh egg note small air space 355 



A stale egg note large air space 355 



Cans of frozen eggs 361 



Poultry demonstration car 367 



Unloading a Nebraska carload of poultry at San Francisco. . 3G8 



Dry picking, dry cooling, and dry-packed poultry 370 



