Look through the egg then, and, if all the yolk has passed into the body of the chicken, you may assist it by enlarging the fracture with a pair of fine scissors, cutting up towards the large end of the egg, never downwards.
— from Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Hugh Piper
Something came up today that looked exactly like what you wanted, and I snatched at the chance.
— from The Girl Scout's Triumph; or, Rosanna's Sacrifice by Katherine Keene Galt
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