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breaking, the number of good eggs saved would still greatly over- 

 balance the cost of recandling. On the other hand, the results of the 

 recandling of the rejects from experienced candlers showed that 



the value of the good 

 eggs saved did not al- 

 ways pay the cost of the 

 salvaging (Table 8). 

 It will be noted in the 

 table that a larger pro- 

 portion of the eggs were 

 candled at a profit dur- 

 ing the last than during 

 the first period, which 

 fact is accounted for not 

 only by a larger percent- 

 age of good eggs, but 

 also h^ their increased 

 commercial value. In 

 August the wholesale 

 price of eggs was 16 

 cents, and in November 

 20 cents per dozen. 



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Fig. 2. — Accuracy of candling crews, 

 as eggs per case. 



Data reported 



Table S. — Compaj'ison of cost of recandling rejects of experienced candlers 

 tvith value of good eggs salvaged. 



Date, 1915. 



Period 1: 



July 31.... 

 August 3 . . 

 August 7 . . 

 August 11 . 

 August 16 . 

 August 18 . 

 Do.... 



Total 



Average per case. 



Period 2: 



November 4 . . 

 November 5 . . 

 November 6.. 

 November 9 . . 

 November 10 . 

 November 11. 

 November 16. 

 November 17 . 

 November 18 . 

 November 19 . 



Total 



.\verage per case. 



Cases 

 rejects 



re- 

 candled. 



20 



20 



20 



31 



37 



19^ 



15.4 



162. 9 



60i 



Good 



eggs 

 found on 

 recand- 

 ling. 



Dozen. 



13A 

 64 

 91 



14 



23 

 8 



14 



6. 5 eggs. 



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oh 

 14' 

 7 



lOJ 

 5» 

 C>h 

 3.1 

 2 



82!-? 

 16.5 eggs. 



Bad eggs 

 discarded 

 on break- 

 ing. 



Dozen. 

 1| 



2t 

 l" 

 1 



8i 

 0. 5 eggs. 



H 



17.1 

 3. 5 eggs 



Good eggs salvaged. 



Dozen. 



m 



51 

 7i 

 13 

 22 



71 

 12? 



7m 



6 eggs. 



16J 



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11 A 



4 



7f 



5 



Sri 



2 



a 



65J 

 13 eggs. 



Value. 

 SI. 88 

 .91 

 1.15 

 2.08 

 3.52 

 1.23 

 2.03 



12.80 

 0.08 



3.27 

 1. .55 



.93 

 2.28 



.80 

 1.57 

 1.00 

 1.08 



.40 



.18 



13. 06 

 .22 



Labor of man 

 recandling. 



Hours. 

 5i 

 4 

 5h 

 8 

 10 

 6 

 5 



44 

 16 min. 



18.42min 



Cost. 

 $1.65 

 1.20 

 1.65 

 2.40 

 3.00 

 1.80 

 1.50 



13.20 

 0.08 



.90 

 .45 

 .45 

 .60 

 .68 

 1.05 

 .38 

 .45 

 .45 

 .15 



5.56 

 .09 



