DO STERILE EGGS KEEP BEST?
■ "A CLAIM DISPUTED. '■ : V It has .long been claimed that unfertilised .eggs keep better than, eggs which are fertile. At;the",New Jersey..Experiment' Farm, ;however, it was found in a ,test'.coy'oring,a'year •that the average "egg yiold 'per. :hen .was 126 f in ;the:case'of ;a jtan of ten hens, with a ,male bird, and 118 in the case of a similar lot of hens : only.. Eggs from "the""t'ivo~lots "were stored and examined at' intervals to determine whether-.there were ;differencos' in: the keepmg qualities of fertilised and unfertilised eggs: There was no noticeable difference in the condition of the eggs'"derived from tho two pens. • . .. ; ,
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 196, 13 May 1908, Page 3
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105DO STERILE EGGS KEEP BEST? Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 196, 13 May 1908, Page 3
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