SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 
with the ingenious machinery characteristic of such establishments. 
As each fresh weed seed or other impurity makes its appearance a fresh 
machine or an improvement in the old machinery is introduced to effect 
its removal. 
Among the numerous elaborate precautions against mixing of varie- 
ties it was pointed out that each variety of seed is handled by the same 
assistant throughout its various cleaning and packing processes; and 
that the farmers’ individual orders are sent in by the retail societies, 
and are.made up and sealed before leaving the C.W.S. warehouse. 
The Egg Export Society’s Dep6t (visited in the afternoon) appeared 
rather small for the turnover it handles (a' busy day’s output is from 
forty to sixty cases, containing 960 or 1,440 eggs each). The produce 
is, however, handled very quickly, and only remains in the depot until 
shipping to England is available, usually not more than 48 hours 
at most. . The staff apparently consisted of three or four men and as 
many girls. The eggs are received, from affiliated “ circles,” in boxes 
containing 1,000 with cardboard packing. They are graded by hand 
into five grades (18 to 14 Ibs. respectively per 120), but not by colour. 
They are then tested first for weight, and then over an electric lamp 
in trays containing ninety-six. None but sound, fresh eggs survive this 
test. Each egg is then hall-marked with the society’s rubber stamp 
and packed in wood, wool, and straw in the export boxes above referred 
to.. Hach case carries the society’s brand, and the weight per 120 of 
the eggs it contains is also stencilled on the outside. As each egg on 
arrival at the depét is numbered first as to its circle, and also its farm 
of origin, for every defective ege the responsible farmer can at once 
be: traced. A warning is issued on the first offence, a 5s. fine for the 
second, a 10s. fine for the next, and after that expulsion from the 
_cirele; but there seemed to be no record of either of the last two 
penalties being inflicted. } 
To sum up, the general impression of this day’s experience was one 
of an atmosphere of healthy honesty in ordinary trade, of devotion to 
work and business for objects other than personal gain, and aboye all, 
efficiency. ' ‘ 
_ The morning of the next working day, Monday, 21st July, was 
spent at the laboratories of the Danish State Seed Control, a famous 
institution which quite fulfils the highest expectations. The institution 
is housed in a three-storied building (which, it was pointed out, it has 
already outgrown) situated in the grounds of the Royal Veterinary and 
Agricultural College. Like many other establishments visited, this was 
found to be its “off season,”.and most of the. staff were away on 
vacation. 
‘| The two main departments (seed analysis and germination testing 
laboratories) seemed to be under the supervision of very capable and 
enthusiastic lady assistants. 
-' Among other points of interest in the former, the diaphanoscope 
was seen in use, and in the latter the evolution of the modern electro- 
thermostat for the germinating tanks was explained; in these there is 
capacity for making about 3,000 separate tests simultaneously. 
"It was of interest to learn how eagerly the leading seedsmen, study 
the requirements and standards set by the Seed Control, and the facts 
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