130 POULTRY BREEDING 
Department of Agriculture gives the following 14 rules 
for the production of good eggs: 
1. Use hens that produce not alone a goodly number 
of eggs but those of standard size. Such breeds are 
Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, Leg- 
horns, Orpingtons and Minorcas. 2. Good housing, regu- 
lar feeding and, above all, clean, dry nests. 3. Daily 
gathering of eggs and, when the temperature is above 
80°, gathering twice a day. +. Confining all broody hens 
as soon as they show symptoms of broodiness. 5. Re- 
jection of all doubtful eggs found in a nest that was not 
visited the previous day. Such eggs should be used at 
home where each one can be broken separately. 6. Plac- 
ing all summer eggs as soon as gathered in the coolest 
place available. 7. Prevention at all times of moisture 
coming in contact with the eggs. 8. Disposal of young 
cockerels before they begin to annoy the hens. Also con- 
fining or selling all old male birds except during the 
hatching season. 9. The using of cracked and dirty 
eggs at home. Such eggs if consumed when fresh are 
perfectly wholesome, but when marketed are discrimi- 
nated against and are likely to become an entire loss. 
10. Marketing all eggs at least once a week, and oftener 
if convenient. 11. WKceping all eggs as cool and dry as 
possible while on the way to town and while in country 
stores. 12. Keeping all eggs away from bad odors and 
out of musty cellars. 13. The use of strong, clean cases 
and good fillers. 14. The shipping of eggs to the final 
market once a week and as much oftener as possible. 
If every poultryman would follow these rules there 
would be much less loss between the producer and the 
consumer. All these losses the producer ultimately pays, 
as buyers discount prices enough to make good any short- 
