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lish a reputation for himself, it will probably be 

 necessary for Mm, at first, to send his eggs 

 under a guaranty that they were produced by 

 his own flock, and that he knows them to be 

 strictly first-class in every respect. 



Shipping cases. Eggs are usually sent to 

 market in shipping crates which are constructed 

 specially for this purpose. The standard size 

 crate holds thirty 

 dozens. See Fig. 

 95. These crates, 

 or shipping cases, 

 contain trays which 

 fit into the outer 

 case, one above the 

 other. The trays are 

 divided by paste- 

 board partitions into many separate compart- 

 ments, each compartment holding one egg. 

 Some shipping cases have wire springs instead 

 of the pasteboard partitions to hold the eggs. 

 The English prefer what is known as the 

 Irish shipping case. This consists of a case 

 not unlike a small dry goods box. In this is 

 placed a layer of sea grass similar to that used 

 in packing china and glassware. The grass 

 is placed in the form of a shallow hen's nest. 

 This is filled with eggs. On these is placed 

 another layer of sea grass and another layer of 



Pig. 95. A thirty-dozen egg-shipping case. 



