BULLETIN 663, IT. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
BREAKING ROOM EQUIPMENT. 
. PAIL FOR SHELL EGGS. 
(Fig. 5.) 
Because eases with their accompanying fillers, flats, and excelsior 
carry litter and dust, the eggs should be transferred to metal con- 
tainers before being taken to the breaking room. Ordinary pails 
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False Bottom 
Fig. 5.— Pail for shell eggs. 
holding from 12 to 15 dozen eggs have been found very satisfactory 
for this purpose. When filled they are not too heavy for the girls to 
lift upon the breaking tables. These tables are made so that two 
pails may be placed side by side at each end, one for the unopened 
eggs and the other for the liquid product (fig. 6). By this arrange- 
ment each of the two girls working opposite one another has an 
individual supply of eggs at her right, so that both can work from 
right to left. When one large container is used by two operators, it is 
necessary for one of them to pick up each egg with her left hand and 
pass it to the right hand for cracking on the knife. This extra move- 
ment may be avoided by the use of indi- 
vidual pails for holding the breaking stock. 
To prevent the lower layers of eggs from 
becoming soiled with the leakage from 
damaged eggs, a false bottom is placed 
in each pail. 
Satisfactory pails may be made of gal- 
vanized iron 0.0159 l inch thick with a 
wire 0.1144 2 inch in diameter in the top, 
and with a heavy iron bail riveted to the 
sides. Tinplated iron or copper pails may be obtained if desired. 
Pails holding from 12 to 15 quarts are ordinarily used. The false 
bottom is made usually of galvanized iron cloth of f-inch mesh, 
soldered neatly to a rim of galvanized iron 0.0159 inch thick. It is 
J inch high, with a diameter J inch less than the diameter of the pail. 
# NESTING LEAKER TRAY. 
(Fig. 7.) 
Leaking eggs which are sufficiently well preserved to be used for 
breaking stock should be sent to the breaking room in trays. If made 
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Fig. 6.— Diagram showing position of 
utensils on breaking table. 
Equivalent to No. 26 Brown & Sharpe gauge. - Equivalent to No. 9 Brown & Sharpe gauge. 
