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white-shelled and brown- 

 shelled eggs in separate 

 packages. Eggs irregu- 

 lar in shape, unusually 

 large or small eggs, those 

 having thin shells, or that 

 have shells otherwise de- 

 fective should be kept 

 for home use, so that 

 breakage in transit may 

 be reduced as much as 

 possible. 



Eggs are divided into 

 several classes for differ- 

 ent markets. There is 

 no uniform grade or 

 standard that applies to 

 all markets and to all 

 kinds of eggs. Fresh gath- 

 ered eggs, however, are 

 usually divided in the 

 following classes: — Spec- 

 ials, Extras, Number 

 Ones and Number Twos. 



Specials. Eggs that 

 come within this class 

 are of uniform size, 

 weighing over 24 ounces 

 to the dozen or over 45 

 pounds to the thirty-doz- 

 en case. They should be 

 absolutely clean, strong 

 and sound in shell with a 

 small air cell not over 



Figure 276. — Extremely large, small, and 

 soiled eggs should not be marketed. All the 

 eggs in this picture were produced by a 

 farm flock of mongrel fowls. 



