EGGS 113 



Brown Shells White Shells 



Brahmas Anconas 



Cochins Andalusians 



Dorkings Crevecceurs 



Dominiques Campines 



Faverolles Games (some have a tint) 



Indian Games Hamburgs 



Javas Houdans 



Langshans Leghorns 



Orpingtons La Fleche 



Plymouth Rocks Minorcas 



Rhode Island Reds Polish 



Wyandottes Redcaps 

 Spanish 



Weight of Eggs. Marketable eggs should weigh not 

 less than 2 oz. each. At this weight, a crate of 30 doz. 

 eggs will weigh 45 lb., exclusive of the crate, and such 

 eggs will bring much better prices in the market than 

 eggs of smaller size. Eggs much larger than 2 oz. are 

 not profitable to sell, because they bring very little, if 

 any, higher price in the general market, and hens do 

 not lay as many. For a special market, however, it is 

 sometimes possible to get a premium on eggs that 

 average about 2^ oz. 



The weight of eggs depends to a large extent on the 

 breed of fowls that lay them and also on the peculi- 

 arities of individual fowls. The following, however, 

 gives the average weight of various eggs: 



Eggs Ounces 



8 hens' eggs, average 16 



11 guinea eggs 16 



1 duck egg 3 



1 turkey egg 4 



1 goose egg 6 to 7 



Washing of Eggs. Eggs that are so badly soiled as 

 to need washing to fit them for market may be cleaned 

 with a solution made up of 1 oz. of ammonia to 2 qt. of 

 water. Soiled eggs may also be washed in warm water 

 and rubbed dry with a piece of cotton cloth or flannel. 

 Deep stains may be removed by rubbing with dry, 

 coarse salt. When cleaned in this way they should be 



