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N. H. Agri. Experiment Station 



[Bui. 300 



The percentages that four imi^ortant grades are of all brown eggs sold 

 on the New Hampshire Egg Auction o^'er a 30-month period are shown 

 as follows. 



Period July, 1934— December, 1936 



Large (Specials) 

 Mediums 



(Specials) 

 Pullets 

 Peewees 



Smallest percentage 

 in any month 



25.3 (Sei)t, 1936) 



6.8 (.July, 1934) 

 .7 (May. 1935) 

 None (Feb. iV- Mar., 1935) 



Largest percentage 

 in any month 



80.9 (May, 1935) 



32.9 (Nov., 1935) 

 30.7 (Sept., 1936) 

 15.9 (Aug., 1936) 



Average per- 

 centage, 2 yrs. 

 1935 and 1938 



59.1 



18. 

 9.5 

 4. 



Percentages of the Various Grades of Brown Eggs that Constituted the 

 Volume on the New Hampshire Egg Auction June, 1934 — 



December, 1936 



lOO 



•Jir.A.S.O. N.D. 

 1934- 



J. F. M. A. M. J. JwA.5. O.KI. D. 

 1935 



J. F. M.A.M.J.di/A.S.O.N. D 

 1936 



FiGXTRE 12. Percentages of the principal grades were about the same 

 in 1935 and 1936. The ])eak volume of Peewees is reached in August, 

 Pullets in September, and Mediums in November. 



October Is Quality Month 



An analysis yras made of the candling sheets of all producers sending 

 eggs to the New Hampshire Egg Auction for the year ending June 30, 

 1935, to detemiine the number of individual eggs grading as specials in 

 all cases of Large Brow^n Specials and Extras. 



Individual Eggs Which Graded as Specials 

 (Percentage) 



