MARKETING EGGS 



12S 



is entitled to classification as A 1 it must be uniform in 

 shape, size and color with its mates, clean, and with its 

 contents good. Uniformity, cleanliness, size, shape and 

 color are attributes which assist in its sale by pleasing the 

 eye. The contents of the shell, however, is what people 

 pay the price for and it varies considerably. 



An egg less than twenty-four hours old may not be very 



Cases of Strictly Fresh Eggs Ready to be Forwarded to Commission 

 Houses, Retailers, Hotels or Clubs. 



valuable as food. Its yoke may be unstable and pale in 

 color, the white may be watery. In the perfect egg, the 

 yoke is comparatively firm within its sack and the white 

 sets solidly around it, both filling the shell very nearly 

 full, leaving the air cell at the large end of the egg decidedly 

 small. This is the product of the healthy hen, well fed 

 and kept in clean quarters. 



As good feeding (we mean correct feeding) and clean 

 quarters are required for the health of the hen, the entire 

 matter depends on feeding and care, subjects which have 

 been fully treated in previous chapters. Uniformity ia 



