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various sorts and shapes. If we should select the most 
perfect and uniform, these eggs could be marketed at a 
much better profit. The mixing of the inferior eggs with 
the choice ones has a tendency to lower the price of the 
entire lot. That is, white eggs should be marketed as 
white eggs and brown eggs as brown eggs. 
Small cartons or crates for packing one or several 
dozens, bearing the date when the eggs were laid, will 
help to increase the value of the egg sales. People prefer 
to buy a standardized product rather than to take 
chances on old or spoiled eggs. 
QUESTIONS 
1. Why are school exhibits important? 
2. How would you make preparations for a school exhibit? 
3. Make out a list of the important crops grown in your com¬ 
munity and tell how they should be arranged for the exhibit. 
4. How many ears of com make a sample? 
5. Why is the co-operation of the teacher, pupils, and parents 
necessary in the building up of a good school exhibit? 
6. What is the best method of showing cotton and cotton 
by-products in a school exhibit? 
7. Tell how to collect and arrange forage crops in a school 
display. 
8. Prepare a list of problems to be considered in showing 
small grains. 
9. State several advantages of showing eggs in the school 
exhibit. 
10. Give the standard weight of commercial eggs per dozen. 
What breeds lay the larger eggs? 
11. Discuss the methods of packing and marketing eggs in 
your district. 
12. Of what advantage should a guarantee be in selling eggs? 
13. Give the market prices of eggs in your community. 
14. State the advantages of infertile eggs over fertile eggs for 
marketing. 
