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78. How much money is estimated to be lost each year from the care- 

 less handling of eggs? Where does most of this loss occur? What can 

 be done to prevent it? 



79. In flocks where you do not want to save eggs for hatching, is 

 there any advantage in not having males with the hens? 



80. What is the simple method of grading, eggs for market? 



81. Cases of what size are most economical for handling eggs? 



82. What is the danger of hauling eggs in a farm wagon over rough 

 roads ? 



83. What is the best way of shipping eggs for hatching? 



84. What is meant by blind checks, checks, dents, and leakers? 



85. An egg under the candler shows an air cell the size of a dime : of 

 what age is the egg? Another shows an air cell as large as a quar- 

 ter : of what age is this egg ? 



86. What is the advantage of marketing eggs in clubs ? 



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87. Chicks are hatched by an incubator ; is this natural or artificial 

 incubation ? 



88. What, are the advantages of the combination sitting and brooding 

 coop on the farm? 



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89. Eggs for hatching were separated intc two lots : in one were 

 uniform, well-shaped, large eggs ; in the other were round, long, and 

 thin-shelled eggs ; others with ridges around them, under-sized, some 

 abnormally large and some short Which group is best for hatching 

 purposes ? 



90. John Smith has some eggs he has been saving for hatching; he 

 has some broody hens on the laying nests ; he collects the eggs every 

 day, sometimes every two days, and the eggs are twenty-five days old 

 and have been kept in a warm room. Are these eggs suitable for use 

 as setting eggs? s 



91. If you want to raise fifty pullets, and estimate that half of the 

 chicks raised will be pullets, how many eggs will you need to set to 

 produce the required number? 



92. You wish Leghorn pullets to begin laying in the fall when eggs 

 are high-priced. When should you hatch the chicks to produce these 

 fall and winter laying pullets? 



