Chickens and Eggs

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(1) Alicia Mundy and Bill Tomson, Eggs' 'Grade A' Stamp Isn't What It Seems. Wall Street Journal, Sept. 2, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704791004575466014072143010.html

Excerpt in the window of the print: The mark on the carton just means a 'grader' checked the eggs' size, color and shell.

Note: Egg Labeling: USDA Egg Shield
http://foodrant.net/glossary/Title/RWdnIExhYmVsaW5n/Referer/L2dsb3NzYXJ5L0tleS8zLw==/

(2) Nicholas D. Kristof, Cleaning the Henhouse. New York Times, Sept. 2, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/02/opinion/02kristof.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=henhouse&st=cse

My comment:
(a) Irish Setter
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Setter
(b) Please read the first six paragraphs only.

(3) Bill Marsh, A Hen’s Space to Roost. New York Times, Aug. 15, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/weekinreview/15marsh.html?scp=9&sq=chicken%20%22free%20range%22%20eggs&st=cse

(4) Erik Eckholm, Farmers Lean to Truce on Animals’ Close Quarters. Ne York Times, Aug. 12, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/12/us/12farm.html?scp=5&sq=chicken%20%22free%20range%22%20eggs&st=cse
("Ohio is the country’s second-largest egg producer, after Iowa. In the modern version of an egg barn, hordes of hens live with computer-controlled air circulation, lighting and feeding, their droppings whisked away by conveyor belt for recycling as fertilizer. As the hens jostle one other, their eggs roll onto a belt to be washed, graded and packed without ever being touched by human hands.")

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