MISCELLANEOUS 
be well for the novice to break a few eggs 
that he is in doubt-about, until he learns 
well how the different grades ought to 
look. 
We never test any of our market eggs; 
if we find any in stray nests, the age of 
which we are in doubt about, my wife 
breaks them, and if she finds them fresh 
she uses them in her kitchen. When 
people found out how we handled our 
eggs they asked for them, and were will- 
ing to give more for them than for eggs 
that had been handled and tested in the 
usual manner. 
When testing eggs that are for hatch- 
ing, don’t bring them close enough to the 
source of light so that they will be injured 
by the heat. Never test them by holding 
them up to the hot sunshine. 
A good egg-tester, with directions for 
using, can be bought for a trifle. 
I think that farmers and poultrymen 
should market their eggs while they are 
fresh, and be careful to keep them well 
gathered up, and then there would be no 
use for egg-testing for market, and the 
eggs would bring enough more to pay for 
the extra trouble. They sustain great loss 
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