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use at the Station. It is, of course, possible to vary the dimen- 

 sions at will from those given to meet special needs while re- 

 taining- the general plan of the table. 





















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Fig. 14. Egg distributing and turning table. 

 The table is tipped slightly from the horizontal point to give a 

 view of the top. Note the 4 covers on the upper side with pin locks ; 

 the heavy base portion, and the light braces extending the length of 

 the table above and below. The covers when raised are fasetned to 

 these longitudinal braces with wire hooks. 



It will be seen from the figures that the essential plan 

 consists merely in suspending an egg distributing tray on a 

 pivotal axis so that it may be turned as a whole. It was desir- 

 able in the breeding work here to have an egg distributing 

 table of as great capacity as possible, hence, it was made of 

 large size and the egg trays were made double. In place of 

 having the whole top of the table form one single compartment 

 it was deemed desirable on account of the large size of the 

 table to break it up into 4 parts each having a separate cover 

 (cf., Figs. 14, 15 and 17). Each of these parts is of approxi- 

 mately the same depth as the length of an egg. In order to 

 make compartments within the trays to hold the eggs from 

 each individual breeding hen resort was had to the device of 

 putting the ordinary pasteboard fillers from an egg 'shipping 

 crate into the trays. These fillers were joined together in 

 sufficient number with strong glue. Each cross row of com- 



