82 . Maine Agricultural Experiment Station. 1919. 



table top is turned on its longitudinal axis until the other side 

 is brought uppermost. ' Then the eggs are sorted into that 

 side. Usually at one other time during the day the whole table 

 top is given either a half turn or a quarter turn from its pre- 

 vious position and locked in place. The appearance of the 

 machine when it is given a quarter turn from its usual posi- 

 tion is shown in Figure 17. 



It will be seen that this table meets the requirements stated 

 at the beginning. It enables one to distribute the eggs with 

 ease and at the same time to turn all the eggs waiting incuba- 

 tion at one operation instead of having to handle each of them 

 separately. The table has been found to be very satisfactory 

 in actual practice. The dimensions fo the table in use here 

 are given in the following table. 



Table of Measurements of Egg Distributing Table. 



Length of egg containing portion 



Breadth of egg containing portion 



Height of table top above floor 



Thickness of whole egg containing portion 



Depth of each tray (inside) 



Length of covers 



Breadth of covers 



Capacity 2200 eggs and 200 "mother" hens 



PEDIGREE INCUBATOR BASKETS. 



It is necessary in pedigree poultry breeding work that the 

 eggs from a given hen should be kept together, at least during 

 the last days of incubation, and in such way that the chickens 

 which hatch from these eggs cannot be separated and mixed 

 with others after hatching. No method has proven so satis- 

 factory in the pedigree work of this Station as the home-made 

 wire basket illustrated in Fig. 18. 



These baskets are made of y§" mesh galvanized wire and 

 have the following dimensions: Length 7^4"; breadth sVa" \ 

 depth 2^4". This size makes it possible to put twelve of the 

 baskets in the 360 egg size of either the Cyphers or Prairie 

 state incubators. Furthermore the size of the baskets is so 

 calculated that a tray may be drawn out and put back into the 



8 ft. 



1 inch 



3 " 



934 



' 



3 " 



2 

 7H 



234 



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3 " 



1154 



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1 " 



103^ 



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