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small box in which a hole, a trifle smaller than 

 an egg had been cut, and by holding an egg at the 

 opening the condition of the egg could be seen. The 

 candling is done in a reasonably dark room. Instead of a 

 candle an ordinary oil lamp may be used, placing the lamp 

 in a box. A tin chimney, with a hole in the side, may be 



A GOOD EGG TESTER 



A kerosene lamp set inside of a shoe box or a 

 cereal box, with a hole opposite lamp flame, makes 

 a good tester. 



put on the lamp in place of the glass chimney. Special 

 testers or chimneys of this kind may be purchased at poul- 

 try supply houses. An electric light bulb may be used in- 

 side of an ordinary shoe box, or other box. Expert candlers 

 usually use a tester having two holes so that he can take 

 two eggs up at one time, one in each hand. A length of 

 stovepipe, with two holes in the side and an electric light 



