The Relative Position of Yolks in Eggs not Turned for a Period of Three Weeks

We were unable to find any experimental data bearing on the subject of the position of the yolk of the egg at the time it is laid or of the position of the yolk at any subsequent time. This induced us to try two series of experiments to decide in our own minds if turning egg while saving them for sitting purposes was really necessary.

On June 24th, 1919 24 eggs were selected from trap nests of Single Comb White Leghorns. Two eggs were boiled at the time the eggs were collected and these eggs sectioned transversely to determine the location of the yolk. We also experimented to see if suspending them in a wire basket in boiling water would coagulate the albumin equally on all sides and not make a possible disturbance within the egg while boiling and dislocate the yolk. All of our tests lead us to think …