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Fig. 4. 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 braced base portion, and the light braces extending the length of 

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

 these longitudinal braces with wire hooks. 



Fig. 5. Same view of the table as in Figure 4, but with the two covers 

 on the side towards the observer raised. Note the compartments for 

 the eggs (each vertical column of compartments — 11 compartments in a 

 column — receives the eggs from one hen whose band number is placed 

 on the edge of the table at the end of the column) ; the lining of the 

 covers; the small iron uprights which project through the covers when 

 they are closed,, and receive the locking pins. 



