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Poultry Societies in Ireland. 



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record the transaction in the docket book, and give each 

 supplier a docket showing the weight and price of the eggs. 

 The eggs are not counted at all. They are packed down carefully 

 in large boxes, with a layer of straw between every two layers of 

 eggs, and in this manner they are conveyed to the packing store. 

 They are then unpacked and checked by weight. The docket 

 books are made up, the cash in hand is counted, and by these 



Purchase of Eggs by Weight, by one of the Collectors 

 employed by dervock and district c.p.s. 



means the work done by the collectors is kept under the control 

 of the manager. 



When the eggs arrive at the store they are supposed to be in 

 a sound, clean, and fresh condition, but it must not be taken 

 for granted that they are so, and therefore they are carefully 

 tested to see that the shells are sound and the contents quite 

 fresh. This work is done by an expert, who uses a special 

 testing machine lighted by four powerful jets of gas. Any 

 eggs which are found to be musty or stale are destroyed and 

 there is no more about them, but the proportion of loss is 

 very small — not more than one to three per cent. 



The eggs are next separated, according to weight, into several 



