xt71ns0ktv00 https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt71ns0ktv00/data/mets.xml   Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station. 1921 journals kaes_circulars_001_1_083 English Lexington : The Service, 1913-1958. Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station Circular (Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station) n. 083 text Circular (Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station) n. 083 1921 2014 true xt71ns0ktv00 section xt71ns0ktv00 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Extension Division
THOMAS COOPER, Dean and Director.
CIRCULAR NO. 83
Eggs for Hatching
BY
J. HOLMES MARTIN and J. R. SMYTH
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EGGS WELL PACKED FOR SHIPMENT
Published in connection with the nzrieulturul extension work carried
0¤ by cooperation of the College of Agriculture, [University of Kentucky,
With the U. S. Department of Agrictilture, and distributed in furtlterztnce
of the work provided for in the Act of Congress of May S. 1914.
Lexington, Ky., Jun., 1921.

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Care of Eggs. 'l`!1¤·)‘ slitiultl lu: l1<~]1t i11 :1 :11:1111 with 11 tt·:1111r·1‘.1-
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I be wrapped individually and packed so that they cannot niow I; ;
advisable to put in extra corrugated fillers or excelsior pads ;ti` 2 _
i the bottom and top of the case and near the middle.  .
V The illustration shows a crate completely pat·lu·d with nr ·
nailed on. one side removed to show tha method of parlting. Em _
the three layers of excelsior pads. one at the htttotu. on— l»·t·»=i _
the third and fourth layers ot` eggs and one on top. ily thi< t:.·lE I
of l1FiI1§ Dilds eV&‘l'}’ la}‘€Z‘ 0f eggs except one tthp serotttlt »   ¤
= directly in contact with excelsior and thus allows plenty oi tw 
tion and spring. Note the bulge in the center ot the top, Ni·jt`}§§1 ·
TRY TO NAIL AN EGG-(`RiA'l`E (`OVER AT Tllli <`1·IN'l`i·Zlt. E`.;-1  V
for the bulge. It means pressure enough to hold the vontezits fri; -
jarring and hreaking. This gives a natural eusliioning for the ·:i=
» in the excelsior with which they come in contact and ]ll`U4lIl