■222 yiilrh/si.rlli Aiiinnil Mi'diiKj 



\\\vvv is coiisidcrnlilc dcposil of sediment dm tlie .'.u'li-s. Il is cus- 

 toiiiaiT to \v;isli this olT at the time of piekiiij^- hy dippiiii;- the 

 tra\- of eu;i;s in a pan of water, l)ut close ol)ser\at ion lias shown 

 that this mav safely he omitlcd. Ixii'-s have heeii allowed to .uo 

 unwashed until the sediment was so thick on them that it was no 

 loimci' possihle to (list in,i;uish hetween a noi'mal eu^' and a white 

 one. yet not the sli.uhtest harm followed. I'lidonhtedly the 

 endirvos ai'e sullicieiith' noui'ished hy the cun-ent of walei- tlow- 

 in,u- nndei'neath the tray and ha\in,u' fi-ee access tlirou,u-h the 

 coarse nieshes of the wii'e-cloth to the (dean underside of the 



'Idle (jiiestion of the exhaustion u\ the life-ti-i\in,ii- properties 

 of the water hy niinisteriii*;- to so many e^i<i-s was also looked 

 into, and it was found that the e,ii-,ii-s at the foot of tlu- trou.yii, 

 which received only water that had already passed throuuh (i or 

 1 stacks of eii'gs were c(pially W(dl nourishe(l with those at its 

 head. 



'J'he elimination of the unini]iregnated eggs is effected by 

 coiicnssion. Wdieii the eggs have reached the stage at which 

 they are usually transported, or a little earlier, they are turned 

 from the trays into tin ])ans with water and then poured back 

 and forth a dozen times, the eggs striking hard against the 

 bottom of the pan, so as to give each egg a severe shock. After 

 this the eggs are I'etui-iu'd to the troughs and left until next day. 

 when it is found that all the unimpregnated eggs have turned 

 white. Init that the impregnated are not injured. This opera- 

 tion is always attended to before eggs are packed for shipment, 

 with the result that the loss en route is exceeding small. 



The quality of the eggs resulting from the manipulation 

 desci-ihed. and that of the fry subsequently hatched have always 

 been the l)est ])ossihle. indicating the ethciencv of tlu> methods. 



