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PRACTICAL POULTRY PRODUCTION 



EGGS 

 Eggs are by far the most important poultry product 

 marketed and the sale of them amounts to hundreds of mil- 

 lions of dollars annually. The revenue received from this 

 product by the farmer or poultryman could in most instances 

 be substantially increased by putting into practice the prin- 

 ciples suggested herein as concerning the proper handUng 

 of eggs to be marketed. 



Figure 272.- 



-Male birds confined to a yard by themaelves after the breeding 

 season is over. 



CARE AND PREPARATION FOR MARKET 



Infertile eggs. The first and most important suggestion 

 that can be given relating to the production of eggs for 

 market is to "PRODUCE INFERTILE EGGS." As stat- 

 ed on page 279, an infertile egg is one that is laid by a hen 

 that has not been allowed to run with a male bird. In 

 most cases 14 days is sufficient time for eggs to become in- 

 fertile after the male bird has been removed from the flock. 



